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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kleinkind

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kleinkind

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Toddler/ˈtɒd.lər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #3500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Kleinkind spielt fröhlich mit Bauklötzen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A young child who is just beginning to walk, typically aged between one and three years old.

    "The energetic toddler ran across the playground while her mother watched."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'to toddle', which first appeared in the late 15th century meaning to walk with short, unsteady steps like a young child. The agent suffix '-er' was added in the 19th century to formally designate a child who is just beginning to walk.

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