Dünkirchen

== German == === Alternative forms === Dunkerque === Etymology === From Dutch Duinkerke or its Middle Dutch predecessor. Analysable as Düne (“dune”) + -kirchen (“-church”). The component -kirchen is a loan translation; the component Dün- may be as well, but it may merely represent the Middle Dutch and still dialectal pronunciation of Dutch -ui- as /yː/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdyːnˈkɪʁ.çən/ === Proper noun === Dünkirchen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Dünkirchens) Dunkirk (Dunkerque), a coastal town in northern France, originally Flemish-speaking.