kerk

See also: Kerk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kerk, from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛrk/
Audio: (file)

Noun

kerk (plural kerke)

church

Descendants

→ Fwe: n-kèrékè
→ Herero: okereka
→ Kwanyama: onggeleka
→ Phuthi: ikereke
→ Shona: kirike
→ Sotho: kereke
→ Venda: gereke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛrk/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: kerk
Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

church, house of Christian worship
(occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization
church, temple, non-Christian house of worship

Derived terms

- general:

- toponyms:

Descendants

Afrikaans: kerk
- → Fwe: n-kèrékè
- → Herero: okereka
- → Kwanyama: onggeleka
- → Phuthi: ikereke
- → Shona: kirike
- → Sotho: kereke
- → Venda: gereke
Berbice Creole Dutch: kirki, kerki
Jersey Dutch: kêrk
Negerhollands: kerk, kirk
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kerek (dated)
→ Lokono: kerki
→ Papiamentu: kèrki (from the diminutive)
→ Sranan Tongo: kerki
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kerki
- → Caribbean Javanese: kèrki
- → Kari'na: keleke
- → Saramaccan: kéíki

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъřь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrk/

Noun

kerk m inan

shrub, bush

Further reading

“kerk” in Soblex

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Caribbean Hindustani terms in nonstandard scripts