Talk:kindergarten

Playgroup

In parts of Scotland and I think in most of England, Wales and Northern Ireland the nursery school or kindergarten is normally called a 'playgroup'. I went to a playgroup as a kid in Scotland and nursery stills conjures up an image, in my mind, of a place where babies are kept in hospital immediately after they are born. The terms kindergarten or nursery school are usually only used by well healed upper middle class parents, in the UK, but kindergarten is gaining in popularity and is used increasingly frequently. If, you type in 'playgroup' in google, you still get a list of thousands of British playgroups and at the top of the google search page you will see three images of children in a pre-school environment. I think it is still by far the most commonly used word in the UK.

The person that runs the playgroup is referred to as the 'playgroup leader'.

In Scotland pre-school education is partly publically funded, money is distributed via the 'playgroups association' and 'Comhairle nan Sgoiltean Araich'.

Why are there separate entries for this and Kindergarten?

Why are there separate entries for this and Kindergarten? The entries appear to say the same thing. 24.126.115.61 02:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Entries are case-sensitive, Kindergarten is the German entry with all its grammar, kindergarten is English. Anatoli 02:37, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Spanish plural

Is there any relevant source or a competent native to confirm that the plural of kindergarten in Spanish is really kindergartens? I've looked up the word in a number of dictionaries, also multi-volume ones, but there was no explanation, which, supposedly, is caused by the extremely regular formation of the Spanish plural. According to this formation, however, the plural would be kindergartenes. --Galtzaile (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2017 (UTC)