Cimbrian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, church). Cognate with German Kirche, English church.

Noun edit

khércha f (plural khérchendiminutive khérchle)

  1. (Sette Comuni) church
    Béels jaar de khérchen habantzese gamàcht àu in d'ékkallen.
    In the past, churches were built in the hills.

Further reading edit

  • “khércha” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo