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/ === 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/ 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 ==== ==== 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 === Further reading === “kerk” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == Livonian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkerk/, [ˈkerˑkˑ] === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== kerk cricket (animal) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== kerk axe head Synonym: tierā ===== Declension ===== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kerk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Upper Sorbian == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *kъřь +‎ -k. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛʀk/ Rhymes: -ɛʀk Hyphenation: kerk Syllabification: kerk === Noun === kerk m inan shrub, bush (woody plant, medium high, whose height is less than five meters and, as a rule, has branches from its lower part) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kerk”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026 “kerk” in Soblex