kerk
Afrikaans
Etymology
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
Noun
kerk (plural kerke)
Descendants
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).
Pronunciation
Noun
kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)
- church, house of Christian worship
- (occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization
- church, temple, non-Christian house of worship
Derived terms
- domkerk
- dorpskerk
- huiskerk
- jodenkerk
- kerkasiel
- kerkbank
- kerkdienst
- kerkdorp
- kerkelijk
- kerkendom
- kerkfabriek
- kerkganger
- kerkgenootschap
- kerkgraf
- kerkhervormer
- kerkhistorica
- kerkhistoricus
- kerkhof
- kerkklok
- kerkkoor
- kerklichaam
- kerkmeester
- kerkorgel
- kerkprins
- kerktoren
- kerkuil
- kerkvader
- kerkvolk
- kerkvoogd
- kerkvorst
- kerkwezen
- kermis
- kerspel
- kinderkerk
- kruiskerk
- Nijkerk
- Ridderkerk
- schuilkerk
- staafkerk
- staatskerk
- volkskerk
- zaalkerk
Descendants
Categories:
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- af:Buildings
- af:Christianity
- af:Places of worship
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrk
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Buildings
- nl:Christianity
- nl:Places of worship