Hochkirch

English

Etymology

From German Hochkirch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊk.kɪɹk/, anglicized also /hɔk.kɝk/

Proper noun

Hochkirch

1. A municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.

Translations

municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.

• German: Hochkirch n
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: ^{(please verify)} Bukecy m

German

Etymology

hoch (“high”) +‎ Kirche (“church”), referring to a church, which was built on the highest point of that place. First mentioned as Bukewiz (possibly derived from Upper Sorbian buk (“beech”)) in a 1222 deed issued by Bishop Bruno II of Meißen; the present German name first appeared in 1671.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːxkɪʁç/
• Hyphenation: Hoch‧kirch

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Proper noun

Hochkirch n (proper noun, genitive Hochkirchs or (optionally with an article) Hochkirch)

1. Hochkirch (a municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany)