Kirche

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German chirihha, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Compare Dutch kerk, English church.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʁçə/, [ˈkɪʁçə], [ˈkɪɐ̯çə] (standard)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪɐ̯xə] (some speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): [ˈkiːɐ̯çə] (some speakers in Westphalia)

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Kirche f (genitive Kirche, plural Kirchen, diminutive Kirchelchen n or Kirchlein n)

1. church (building)
2. church (organised religion, especially Catholicism)
3. (obsolete) an assembly

• Kirmes

• → Russian: ки́рка (kírka)

• Dom

• Kirche in Duden online