Translation

1. kid; child (young person) neuter, strong

   Ein Mann kann nicht wieder zum Kinde werden oder er wird kindisch. Aber freut ihn die Naivetät des Kindes nicht, und muß er nicht selbst wieder auf einer höhren Stufe streben, seine [des Kindes] Wahrheit zu reproduzieren?

   An adult cannot become a child again, or he becomes childish. But does not the naïveté of the child give him pleasure, and must he not himself endeavour to reproduce the child’s veracity on a higher level?

2. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns) neuter, strong

   Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie.

   He was the second-born child in the family.

   Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern.

   He is the child of two blind parents.

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