Froebel

[ frœ-buh l ]
/ ˈfrœ bəl /

noun

Frie·drich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/,1782–1852, German educational reformer: founder of the kindergarten system.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Froebel

Froe·bel·i·an [fruh-bee-lee-uh n, -beel-yuh n, frey-] /frəˈbi li ən, -ˈbil yən, freɪ-/, adjective
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Froebel

Frbel

/ (German ˈfrøːbəl) /

noun

Friedrich (Wilhelm August) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1782–1852, German educator: founded the first kindergarten (1840)

adjective

of, denoting, or relating to a system of kindergarten education developed by him or to the training and qualification of teachers to use this system
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