Wiktionary

Kirche

See also: kirche

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪʁçə/, [ˈkʰɪʁçɘ], [ˈkʰɪɐ̯çɘ] (standard)
  • (some speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈkɪɐ̯xə]
  • (some speakers in Westphalia) IPA(key): [ˈkiːɐ̯çə]
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Noun

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Kirche f (genitive Kirche, plural Kirchen, diminutive Kirchelchen n or Kirchlein n)

  1. church (building)
  2. church (organised religion, especially Catholicism)
  3. (obsolete) an assembly

Declension

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Declension of Kirche [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kirche die Kirchen
genitive einer der Kirche der Kirchen
dative einer der Kirche den Kirchen
accusative eine die Kirche die Kirchen

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Russian: ки́рха (kírxa), ки́рка (kírka)
  • → Ukrainian: кі́рха (kírxa)

See also

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Further reading

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  • “Kirche” in Duden online
  • “Kirche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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