kerk

From Dutch kerk, from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

• IPA^(key): /kɛrk/

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kerk (plural kerke)

1. church

• → Fwe: n-kèrékè
• → Herero: okereka
• → Kwanyama: onggeleka
• → Phuthi: ikereke
• → Shona: kirike
• → Sotho: kereke
• → Venda: gereke

From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

• IPA^(key): /kɛrk/

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• Hyphenation: kerk
• Rhymes: -ɛrk

kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)

1. church, house of Christian worship
2. (occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization
3. church, temple, non-Christian house of worship

- general:

- toponyms:

• 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

From Proto-Slavic *kъřь.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrk/

kerk m inan

1. shrub, bush

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