kerk

See also: Kerk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛrk/
  • (file)

Noun

kerk (plural kerke)

  1. church

Descendants

  • Fwe: n-kèrékè
  • Herero: okereka
  • Kwanyama: onggeleka
  • Phuthi: ikereke
  • Shona: kirike
  • Sotho: kereke
  • Venda: gereke

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛrk/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kerk
  • Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

  1. church, house of Christian worship
  2. (occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization
  3. church, temple, non-Christian house of worship

Derived terms

- general:

- toponyms:

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kirki, kerki
  • Jersey Dutch: kêrk
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Virgin Islands Creole: kerek (dated)
  • Arawak: kerki
  • Papiamentu: kèrki (from the diminutive)
  • Sranan Tongo: kerki
    • Caribbean Hindustani: kerki
    • Caribbean Javanese: kèrki
    • Galibi Carib: keleke
    • Saramaccan: kéíki

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъřь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛrk/

Noun

kerk m

  1. shrub, bush

Further reading

  • kerk” in Soblex
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