Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

kyrka (present tense kyrker, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkast, present participle kyrkande, imperative kyrk)

  1. Alternative spelling of kyrke

Swedish edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally Lord's (house)), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, lord).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²ɕʏrka/, (dated, dialectal:) /²ɕørka/, (Finland Swedish:) /²tɕʏrka/
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Noun edit

kyrka c

  1. a church (building)
  2. a church (organization)

Declension edit

Declension of kyrka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kyrka kyrkan kyrkor kyrkorna
Genitive kyrkas kyrkans kyrkors kyrkornas

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