Kinder

//ˈkaɪndɚ// adj, adv, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of kind: more kind comparative, form-of

    "My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of kinda. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana.
  3. 3
    Places in the United States:; A town in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
  4. 4
    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri.
  5. 5
    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
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  1. 6
    A minor river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Sett.
Noun
  1. 1
    Children. humorous, plural, plural-only

    "But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping..."

  2. 2
    Clipping of kindergarten. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Clipping of kindergartner. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From kind + -er.

Etymology 2

From kind of.

Etymology 3

From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”).

Etymology 4

Clipping of kindergarten or kindergartner.

Etymology 5

Uncertain but probably of Proto-Brythonic origin. The name may be equivalent to Welsh cain (“elegant, fair”) or cant (“border, rim”) + dwfr (“water”).

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