children's home
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children's home
An institution where children and teenagers live when, for various reasons, they cannot grow up with their families. There, they are cared for and looked after by trained professionals.
Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern kamen die Geschwister in ein Kinderheim.
After their parents died, the siblings were placed in a children's home.
The word is made up of 'Kinder' (children, plural of 'Kind') and 'Heim' (home). So it literally describes a home for children.
Er hat einen großen Teil seiner Jugend in einem Kinderheim verbracht.
He spent a large part of his youth in a children's home.
Pay attention to the preposition 'in' and the correct case: movement toward the place is expressed with 'ins Kinderheim' (into the children's home, accusative), while staying there is described with 'im Kinderheim' (in the children's home, dative).
Das Kind wurde in ein Kinderheim gebracht.
The child was brought to a children's home.
Common verbs used with 'Kinderheim' (children's home) are 'aufwachsen' (to grow up), 'leben' (to live), 'wohnen' (to live/reside), 'kommen' (to come), and 'bringen' (to bring).
Manche Kinder wachsen in einem Kinderheim auf.
Some children grow up in a children's home.
orphanage
Waisenhaus and Kinderheim both refer to institutions where children do not grow up with their families. Waisenhaus particularly emphasizes that the children no longer have parents and often sounds more traditional; Kinderheim is the broader term for children with various family-related reasons for living away from home. For a general modern children's home, Kinderheim is therefore usually the better fit.
Nach den Problemen in der Familie lebt das Kind vorübergehend in einem Kinderheim.
After problems in the family, the child temporarily lives in a children's home.
In dem alten Roman findet das Kind nach dem Tod seiner Eltern ein neues Zuhause im Waisenhaus.
In the old novel, the child finds a new home in an orphanage after its parents die.
