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/, [ˈkerˑk]

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. (botany) shrub, bush (woody plant, medium high, whose height is less than five meters and, as a rule, has branches from its lower part)

Declension

References

  • kerk” in Soblex