Kirchhof
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kirchhof (“land around a church”). Analyzable as Kirche (“church”) + Hof (“yard”). The semantic development is determined by Middle Low German kerkhof, which came to mean “graveyard” because graveyards have traditionally tended to be established around churches. Compare the same in Dutch kerkhof (“graveyard”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kirchhof m (strong, genitive Kirchhofes or Kirchhofs, plural Kirchhöfe)
- (dated, regional, Northern Germany) graveyard
- Synonym: Friedhof
Declension edit
Declension of Kirchhof [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Kirchhof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kirchhof” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kirchhof” in Duden online
- Kirchhof on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de