Kindertransport
German
Etymology
Kinder + Transport
Noun
Kindertransport m (genitive Kindertransports or Kindertransportes, plural Kindertransporte)
- The transportation of children.
- (historical) The organized rescue of (predominantly Jewish) children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig, placing them in British foster homes, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Declension
Declension of Kindertransport
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Kindertransport | die | Kindertransporte |
genitive | eines | des | Kindertransportes, Kindertransports | der | Kindertransporte |
dative | einem | dem | Kindertransport, Kindertransporte1 | den | Kindertransporten |
accusative | einen | den | Kindertransport | die | Kindertransporte |
1Now uncommon, see notes