Kirche

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German kirche, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German chirihha, an early borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Compare Dutch kerk, English church, kirk (“church”, dialectal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪʁçə/, [ˈkɪʁçə], [ˈkɪɐ̯çə] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪɐ̯xə] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːɐ̯çə] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some speakers in Westphalia" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Noun

Kirche f (genitive Kirche, plural Kirchen, diminutive Kirchelchen n or Kirchlein n)

  1. church (building)
  2. church (organised religion, especially Catholicism)
  3. (obsolete) an assembly

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: ки́рка (kírka)

See also

Further reading

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