kinder

Etymology 1

kind + -er

adj

1. comparative form of kind: more kind
   My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.
   Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track. February 10 2021, Nigel Harris, “We risk destroying value”, in RAIL, number 924, page 3

Etymology 2

adv

1. Alternative form of kinda
   I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life. 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw
   'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.' 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017

Etymology 3

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

noun

1. (chiefly humorous or in German or Yiddish contexts) Children.
   But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping... 2008 December 31, Al Scaduto, They'll Do It Every Time (newspaper comic)
   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. 2010, Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids, John Wiley & Sons
   Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy. 2012, Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen, Chronicle Books, page 192

noun

1. (Philippines) Short for kindergarten.