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kirke

See also: Kirke

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), borrowed from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “church”), a neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”).

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Noun

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kirke c (singular definite kirken, plural indefinite kirker)

  1. (Christianity) church (a house of worship)
  2. (Christianity) church (a religious community)

Declension

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Declension of kirke
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kirke kirken kirker kirkerne
genitive kirkes kirkens kirkers kirkernes

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Middle English

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Noun

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kirke

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of chirche

Norwegian Bokmål

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kirke

Etymology

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From Old Norse kirkja, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “that which belongs to the Lord”) via Old English ċiriċe (“church”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kirke f or m (definite singular kirka or kirken, indefinite plural kirker, definite plural kirkene)

  1. church (a house of worship)

Derived terms

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See also

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kyrkje (Nynorsk)

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