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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kinderzimmer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkɪndɐˌt͡sɪmɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Childhood bedroom/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd ˈbɛd.ruːm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er hat am Wochenende in seinem Kinderzimmer geschlafen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The bedroom that a person slept in during their childhood or youth in their family home.

    "Whenever he visits his parents, he sleeps in his childhood bedroom."
  2. 2

    A room preserved largely unchanged from one's early years, often evoking strong feelings of nostalgia and memories.

    "Walking back into her childhood bedroom felt like stepping into a time capsule."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English noun 'cildhād' (meaning state of being a child) and the Germanic-rooted compound 'bedrūm' (sleeping chamber). The specific collocation has evolved culturally and psychologically in modern English literature and vernacular to symbolize nostalgia, formative personal history, and the emotional transition into adulthood.

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