Kindermädchen

German

Etymology

From Kind (“child”) +‎ -er- +‎ Mädchen (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndɐmɛːtçən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-meːtçən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Kin‧der‧mäd‧chen

Noun

Kindermädchen n (strong, genitive Kindermädchens, plural Kindermädchen)

1. (dated) nanny (female) (cf. männliches Kindermädchen (“male nanny or manny”))

   Synonyms: Kinderbetreuerin, Kinderbetreuer, Kinderfrau, (dated) Kinderfräulein, Nanny, Tagesmutter

Declension

Declension of Kindermädchen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kindermädchen	die	Kindermädchen
genitive	eines	des	Kindermädchens	der	Kindermädchen
dative	einem	dem	Kindermädchen	den	Kindermädchen
accusative	ein	das	Kindermädchen	die	Kindermädchen

Further reading

• Kindermädchen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Kindermädchen” in Duden online
• “Kindermädchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache