kyrka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kyrka (present tense kyrker, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkast, present participle kyrkande, imperative kyrk)

alternative spelling of kyrke

Swedish

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Alternative forms

(pronunciation spellings) kôrka, körka
kyrcka (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Medieval Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɕʏrka/, (dated, dialectal:) /²ɕørka/, (Finland Swedish:) /²tɕʏrka/
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Noun

kyrka c

a church (building)
gå i kyrkan
go to church, attend church
(literally, “go in the church [idiomatic]”)
a church (organization)

Declension

Declension of **kyrka**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kyrka	kyrkas
singular	definite	kyrkan	kyrkans
plural	indefinite	kyrkor	kyrkors
plural	definite	kyrkorna	kyrkornas

Derived terms

References

“kyrka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“kyrka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“kyrka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)