different between kinder vs finder

English

Etymology 1

kind +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: k?nd??, IPA^(key): /?ka?nd?/
• (US) enPR: k?nd??r, IPA^(key): /?ka?nd?/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)

Adjective

kinder

1. comparative form of kind: more kind

Etymology 2

Adverb

kinder (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of kinda
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: k?nd??, IPA^(key): /?k?nd?/
• (US) enPR: k?nd??r, IPA^(key): /?k?nd?/

Noun

kinder pl (plural only)

1. (chiefly humorous or in German or Yiddish contexts) Children.
   • 2008 December 31, Al Scaduto, They'll Do It Every Time (newspaper comic):

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

   • 2010, Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids, John Wiley & Sons ?ISBN:

     Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.

   • 2012, Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen, Chronicle Books ?ISBN, page 192:

     Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy.

2. (Philippines) another term for kindergarten.

Anagrams

• Kidner, drinke, kidren, kinred, red ink

Danish

Noun

kinder c

1. indefinite plural of kind

Swedish

Noun

kinder

1. indefinite plural of kind

Tatar

Noun

kinder

1. cannabis

English

Etymology

From Middle English findere, equivalent to find +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)
• IPA^(key): /?fa?nd?(?)/

Noun

finder (plural finders)

1. One who finds or discovers something.

   Finders keepers, losers weepers.

   • 2012, Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies (page 229)

     The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.

2. An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest

Synonyms

• (discoverer): inventor; see also discoverer

Derived terms

• pure finder

Translations

Anagrams

• Friden, Friend, friend, frined, redfin, refin'd, refind

Danish

Etymology 1

From finde (“to find”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fen?r/, [?fen?]

Noun

finder c (singular definite finderen, plural indefinite findere)

1. finder

Declension

Etymology 2

See finde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fend?r/, [?fen??]

Verb

finder

1. present of finde