stave church

English

Borgund stave church in Lærdalen, Norway

Noun

stave church (plural stave churches)

1. A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.

Translations

wooden church of a medieval type

• Danish: stavkirke c
• Dutch: staafkerk (nl) f
• Faroese: stavkirkja f
• Finnish: sauvakirkko
• German: Stabkirche (de) f
• Icelandic: stafkirkja f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stavkirke m or f

  Nynorsk: stavkyrkje f

• Polish: kościół słupowy (pl) m
• Swedish: stavkyrka (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ставкірка f (stavkirka)

Further reading

• stave church on Wikipedia.Wikipedia