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Kindergarten

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In Österreich ist der Kindergarten für fünf- bis sechsjährige Kinder verpflichtend.

In Austria, kindergarten is compulsory for five- to six-year-old children.

Jedes Kind das fünf Jahre alt ist muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen.

Every child who is five years old must go to kindergarten at least four days a week.

Jüngere Kinder haben kein Recht auf einen Kindergartenplatz.

Younger children have no right to a kindergarten place.

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Kindergarten← der Kindergarten

kindergarten (in Austria: preschool for children before starting school) plural: die Kindergärten

Recht

right (legal entitlement) often in the phrase 'ein Recht auf etwas haben' (to have a right to something) right, right-hand (direction); proper, correct; true, real B1/ʁɛçt/

verpflichtend

compulsory, obligatory used as a predicate adjective with 'sein' present participle of verpflichten B2

mindestens

at least at least (at a lower limit) B1/ˈmɪndəstəns/

Kindergartenplatz← der Kindergartenplatz

place at a kindergarten plural: die Kindergartenplätze

sechsjährige← sechsjährig

six-year-old used with null article: 'fünf- bis sechsjährige Kinder' (children aged five to six)

Österreich

Austria proper noun, neuter, used without article; in the text: 'in Österreich'

Grammar in this text

Modal verb (müssen) + infinitive at the end

muss an mindestens vier Tagen in der Woche in den Kindergarten gehen

The modal verb 'müssen' is the finite verb in second position. The main verb 'gehen' appears as an infinitive at the end of the sentence.

Relative clause with relative pronoun 'das'

das fünf Jahre alt ist

The relative pronoun 'das' refers to the neuter noun 'Kind' and introduces a dependent clause. The verb in the relative clause goes to the end.

Preposition 'auf' + accusative (after 'Recht')

auf einen Kindergartenplatz

The noun 'Recht' is typically followed by 'auf', which takes the accusative case. Here 'einen' is the masculine accusative of 'ein'.

Temporal preposition 'an' + dative (for days)

an mindestens vier Tagen

To express 'on at least four days', German uses 'an' with the dative case. 'Tagen' is the dative plural of 'Tag'.

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