Chirche

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Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈχir.χə/, /ˈχɪr.χə/

Noun[edit]

Chirche f (plural Chirchene or Chirche, diminutive Chirchli)

  1. church
    • 1979, Zeitschrift für Kultur und Politik und Kirche[1], volume 28, Evangelische-kirchliche Vereinigung in der Schweiz, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 639:
      Aber mi dünkt, mängisch sige üsi Chirchene wie nes Museum. [] Üsi Chirchene es Museum, wo mir Jesus ufbewahre: zum Bispil a dr Kanzel hets es Chrüz, es Symbol für Jesus.
      But I have the impression, sometimes our churches are like a museum. [] Our churches a museum where we preserve Jesus: for example at the pulpit there's a cross, a symbol for Jesus.