Vokabahn

Kita

Vokabahn
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Noun

die Kita

Pronunciation: /ˈkiːta/

day care center

B2 rank #3,721 plural Kitas

Meanings

Noun
  1. day care center

Example sentence

Unser Sohn geht seit einem Jahr in die Kita.

Our son has been going to day care for a year.

Word forms

singular die Kita
plural die Kitas

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Kita
Accusativedie Kita
Dativeder Kita
Genitiveder Kita

Plural

Nominativedie Kitas
Accusativedie Kitas
Dativeden Kitas
Genitiveder Kitas

Usage

  • die Kita — day-care centre; short for Kindertagesstätte
  • ein Kita-Platz — a place at a day-care centre; common when discussing admissions
Extra sentence

Die Kita öffnet morgens um halb acht.

The day-care centre opens at half past seven in the morning.