kindergarten
Spanish, noun/kindeɾˈɡaɾten/
kindergarten is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-G-A-R-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kindergarten is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kindergarten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecimiento que cuida niños en edad preescolar”.
What does kindergarten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekindergarten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Establecimiento que cuida niños en edad preescolar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kindergarten
- kindergartens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kindergarten?
- /kindeɾˈɡaɾten/
- [kĩn̪.d̪eɾˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪ẽn]
- [kĩn̪d̪eɾˈɣ̞aɾt̪ẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kindergarten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kindergarten in Spanish?
kindergarten appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).