German edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German Auelskirchen, Auskirchen (literally church on the floodplain), from ouwa (floodplain) (modern German Aue) + kirihha (church) (modern German Kirche).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯skɪʁçn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: Eus‧kir‧chen

Proper noun edit

Euskirchen n (proper noun, genitive Euskirchens or (optionally with an article) Euskirchen)

  1. A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia