kerk

See also: 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/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kerk (plural kerke)

  1. 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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kerk
  • Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

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

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

    1. cricket (animal)
    Declension
    Declension of kerk (94)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) kerk kērkõd
    genitive (genitīv) kerk kērkõd
    partitive (partitīv) kerkõ kērkidi
    dative (datīv) kerkõn kērkõdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) kerkõks kērkõdõks
    illative (illatīv) kerkõ kērkiž
    inessive (inesīv) kerksõ kērkis
    elative (elatīv) kerkstõ kērkist

    Etymology 2

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Noun

      kerk

      1. axe head
        Synonym: tierā
      Declension
      Declension of kerk (94)
      singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
      nominative (nominatīv) kerk kērkõd
      genitive (genitīv) kerk kērkõd
      partitive (partitīv) kerkõ kērkidi
      dative (datīv) kerkõn kērkõdõn
      instrumental (instrumentāl) kerkõks kērkõdõks
      illative (illatīv) kerkõ kērkiž
      inessive (inesīv) kerksõ kērkis
      elative (elatīv) kerkstõ kērkist

      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

      1. 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