kinderdagverblijf
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom kind (“child”) + -er- + dag (“day”) + verblijf (“room”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kɪn.dərˈdɑx.fərˌblɛi̯f/, /kɪn.dərˈdɑx.fɛrˌblɛi̯f/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kin‧der‧dag‧ver‧blijf
Noun
editkinderdagverblijf n (plural kinderdagverblijven, diminutive kinderdagverblijfje n)
- a day nursery for small children until age 3 in Belgium (Flanders) or age 4 in the Netherlands, when the children begin kleuterschool (nursery school/kindergarten) or, in the Netherlands, basisschool (primary school, which, in the Netherlands, begins at age 4 since August 1985, when kleuterschool was abolished and became a compulsory part of the primary school)
- Synonyms: crèche, (Flanders) kinderkribbe