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kerk

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch kerk, from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛrk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kerk (plural kerke)

  1. church

Descendants

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  • Fwe: n-kèrékè
  • Herero: okereka
  • Kwanyama: onggeleka
  • Phuthi: ikereke
  • Shona: kirike
  • Sotho: kereke
  • Venda: gereke

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

  1. church, house of Christian worship
  2. (occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization
  3. church, temple, non-Christian house of worship

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • kerk” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Livonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkerk/, [ˈkerˑkˑ]

Etymology 1

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    kerk

    1. cricket (animal)
    Declension
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    Declension of kerk (94)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) kerk kērkõd
    genitive (genitīv) kerk kērkõd
    partitive (partitīv) kerkõ kērkidi
    dative (datīv) kerkõn kērkõdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) kerkõks kērkõdõks
    illative (illatīv) kerkõ kērkiž
    inessive (inesīv) kerksõ kērkis
    elative (elatīv) kerkstõ kērkist

    Etymology 2

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Noun

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      kerk

      1. axe head
        Synonym: tierā
      Declension
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      Declension of kerk (94)
      singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
      nominative (nominatīv) kerk kērkõd
      genitive (genitīv) kerk kērkõd
      partitive (partitīv) kerkõ kērkidi
      dative (datīv) kerkõn kērkõdõn
      instrumental (instrumentāl) kerkõks kērkõdõks
      illative (illatīv) kerkõ kērkiž
      inessive (inesīv) kerksõ kērkis
      elative (elatīv) kerkstõ kērkist

      References

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      • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kerk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

      Upper Sorbian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Slavic *kъřь +‎ -k.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈkɛʀk/
      • Rhymes: -ɛʀk
      • Hyphenation: kerk
      • Syllabification: kerk

      Noun

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      kerk m inan

      1. shrub, bush (woody plant, medium high, whose height is less than five meters and, as a rule, has branches from its lower part)

      Declension

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      Further reading

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      • kerk”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
      • kerk” in Soblex