9 ms·
In what country?
by jeofken 5y ago
In what country?
- nicoburns 5y agoPresumably a German speaking one
- DocTomoe 5y agoI was under the impression that "Kindergarten" was moved into the English language, much like "Hamburger", "Schadenfreude" and "Rucksack".
- nicoburns 5y agoIt has, but only in American English (presumably due to German immigrants to the US). In the UK we call kids' first school "Primary School". It's definitely possible that a European from another country would translate "kids-first-school" into Kindergarten if they learnt American English, but a brit if I read "kindergarten" I think "either German or US school" and I would expect people from other countries to leave the term untranslated if they were referring to their local schools.
- apexalpha 5y agoPrimary school is 5 - 11, no? That would be Elementary or Grundschule. Kindergarten is for 4 or 5 year olds, like pre-school.
- nicoburns 5y agoI think you're right. But that only proves that I didn't know what the word meant!
- paulannesley 5y agoKindergarten is more than just US / American English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten#By_country
- nicoburns 5y agoI see. I guess my country just doesn't have that kind of school, so we don't use the word.