Chirche
See also: chirche
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
edit- Chirchä, Chircha
- Chilä, Chile, Chille (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zürich)
- Chilche (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Grisons, Nidwalden, St. Gallen, Tessin, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Valais, Zurich (Weinland))
- Chüuche, Chüucha (Bern, Fribourg)
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editChirche f (plural Chirchene or Chirche, diminutive Chirchli)
- church
- 1979, Zeitschrift für Kultur und Politik und Kirche[1], volume 28, Evangelische-kirchliche Vereinigung in der Schweiz, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 639:
- Aber mi dünkt, mängisch sige üsi Chirchene wie nes Museum. […] Üsi Chirchene es Museum, wo mir Jesus ufbewahre: zum Bispil a dr Kanzel hets es Chrüz, es Symbol für Jesus.
- But I have the impression, sometimes our churches are like a museum. […] Our churches a museum where we preserve Jesus: for example at the pulpit there's a cross, a symbol for Jesus.
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