Dünkirchen

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch Duinkerke or its Middle Dutch predecessor. Analysable as Düne (dune) + -kirchen (-church). The component -kirchen is a loan translation; the component Dün- may be as well, but it may merely represent the Middle Dutch and still dialectal pronunciation of Dutch -ui- as /yː/.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌdyːnˈkɪʁ.çən/

Proper noun[edit]

Dünkirchen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Dünkirchens)

  1. Dunkirk (Dunkerque), a coastal town in northern France, originally Flemish-speaking.