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Yes, but it's archaic

Some places sell munchkins (little donuts)

and we send our 4-5 yr old children to Kindergarden

but we dont stick it to the end of words like inho/inha in portuguese or ito/ita in spanish



Kindergarten is not a diminutive but loan word from German.


Kindergarden comes from German, where "kind" means child.




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