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Kindergarten

2 stages from German to English.

Today it means a class or school for young children, typically ages four to six
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Stage 1 of 2
Kindergarten
German · 1840
"children's garden"
coined by educator Friedrich Fröbel, literally "children's garden"
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Stage 2 of 2
kindergarten
English · 1850s-1860s
"a preschool class for young children"
the first English-language kindergarten opened in Wisconsin
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