Questions tagged [baby-talk]

In English, when speaking to children, adults sometimes use words like "doggie" for dog, "boo-boo" to refer to an injury, or "upsy-daisy" if a child falls. Do Germans have something similar when they speak to babies and young children?

There are several nursery rhymes in English that include long lists. "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly", and "This is the house that Jack built" are but two examples. Although I have found many websites that include German nursery-rhymes,…