different between kinder vs minder

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 mynder, mendowre (“one who has a good memory; bears in mind; watches over; a keeper”); equivalent to mind +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)

Noun

minder (plural minders)

1. One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper
2. (Britain) A personal bodyguard.
3. A guide assigned by the authorities to foreign visitors so as to exercise control over their contacts with the populace.
   • 2016, Anna Fifield, I went to North Korea and was told I ask too many questions, The Washington Post (May 11, 2016):

     Was she really ill? Was she really a patient? We will never know. Suddenly, it was time to go and our minders were herding us back onto the bus.

4. (obsolete) One who is taken care of, such as a pauper child in the care of private person; a ward.

Synonyms

• protector
• guardian

Translations

Anagrams

• remind

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

minder

1. A cushion.

Declension

Danish

Noun

minder

1. indefinite plural of minde

Verb

minder

1. present of minde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch minre, from Old Dutch minniro, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of adjective deriving from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?r

Determiner

minder

1. comparative degree of weinig; less, fewer

Adverb

minder

1. comparative degree of weinig; less

Derived terms

• minderheid
• minderwaardig

Adjective

minder (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. worse, not as good

2. less fortunate

German

Etymology

From Middle High German minder, minner, minre, from Old High German minniro, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of adjective deriving from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”). Originally the comparative form of min, of which the superlative is mindesten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?nd?]

Adjective

minder (superlative mindesten)

1. (now formal) comparative degree of wenig
2. (now formal) comparative degree of gering

Declension

Derived terms

• mehr oder minder
• minderwertig
• nichtsdestominder

Further reading

• “minder” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch minderwaardig (“inferior, third-rate”), a compound of minder (“less, fewer”) +? waardig (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.d?r/
• Hyphenation: min?dêr

Adjective

minder (plural minder-minder)

1. (colloquial) inferior.

   Synonym: rendah diri

Further reading

• “minder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• minders

Etymology

Same as mindre (“less”).

Conjunction

minder

1. (rare) unless

   Synonym: med mindre

Adverb

minder

1. (rare) else, otherwise

   Synonym: elles

References

• “minder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• mindre

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (minder).

Noun

minder m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. mat
2. cushion
3. divan (furniture)

Declension

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min?der/
• Hyphenation: min?der

Noun

minder (definite accusative minderi, plural minderler)

1. cushion
2. (sports) mat

Declension