Heimkind

child in care, looked-after child

noun HIME-kint Rare

Usage Note

Heimkind (sometimes considered stigmatising) refers to a child who grows up in a residential care home (Heim) rather than with a family. Social work now prefers Kind in stationärer Unterbringung.

Examples

"Als Heimkind wuchs sie ohne feste Bezugspersonen auf."

Natural Translation

Growing up as a child in care, she lacked stable attachment figures.

Literal Translation

As care-home-child grew she without fixed reference-persons up.

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