kirke

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), borrowed from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “church”), a neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kirke c (singular definite kirken, plural indefinite kirker)

  1. (Christianity) church (a house of worship)
  2. (Christianity) church (a religious community)

Declension

Declension of kirke
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kirke kirken kirker kirkerne
genitive kirkes kirkens kirkers kirkernes

Derived terms

References

Middle English

Noun

kirke

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of chirche

Norwegian Bokmål

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kirke

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “that which belongs to the Lord”) via Old English ċiriċe (“church”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kirke f or m (definite singular kirka or kirken, indefinite plural kirker, definite plural kirkene)

  1. church (a house of worship)

Derived terms

See also

kyrkje (Nynorsk)

References

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