kerke

Afrikaans

Noun

kerke

1. plural of kerk

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

kerke f

1. church (building)
2. church (institute)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kerk
  • Afrikaans: kerk
    • → Fwe: n-kèrékè
    • → Herero: okereka
    • → Kwanyama: onggeleka
    • → Phuthi: ikereke
    • → Shona: kirike
    • → Sotho: kereke
    • → Venda: gereke
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kirki, kerki
  • Jersey Dutch: kêrk
  • Negerhollands: kerk, kirk
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: kerek (dated)
  • → Lokono: kerki
  • → Papiamentu: kèrki (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: kerki
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: kerki
    • → Caribbean Javanese: kèrki
    • → Kari'na: keleke
    • → Saramaccan: kéíki
• Limburgish: kèrk

Further reading

• “kerke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kerke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I