Kind
German, noun/kɪnt/
Kind is a German neuter noun meaning “kid; child (young person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher”.
What does Kind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterkid; child (young person)
- 2
neuterchild; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)
Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher 2. Mensch, mit Bezug auf seine familiäre Zugehörigkeit (Beziehung der Abkommenschaft) 3. vertrauliche Anrede
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kind
- Kindes genitive
- Kinds genitive
- Kinder plural
- Kindchen diminutive neuter
- Kindlein diminutive neuter
- Kindelein diminutive neuter
- Kinderl diminutive neuter
- Kinde dative singular
- Kindern dative definite plural
- Kindt alternative obsolete
- Kinderlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kind?
- /kɪnt/
- [kɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kind
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kind in German?
Kind appears 186 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).