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barnehage.

kindergarten, nursery school

9 characters4 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaːr.ne.ˌhaː.ɡe/[ˈbɑː.ɳə.ˌhɑː.ɡə]
  1. kindergarten, nursery school

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From barn (“child”) + -e- (euphonic interfix) + hage (“garden”), a calque of German Kindergarten. Compare Danish børnehave, Faroese barnagarður, Swedish barnträdgård.

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