kirke

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kirke c (singular definite kirken, plural indefinite kirker)

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

kirke

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of chirche

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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kirke

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. church (a house of worship)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

kyrkje (Nynorsk)

References[edit]

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