Kirchturm

German

Etymology

Kirche (“church”) +‎ Turm (“tower, spire; steeple”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪʁçˌtʊʁm]
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Noun

Kirchturm m (genitive Kirchturmes or Kirchturms, plural Kirchtürme)

  1. (architecture) steeple
    • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
      Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.
      In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.

Declension
Declension of Kirchturm
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kirchturm die Kirchtürme
genitive eines des Kirchturmes,
Kirchturms		 der Kirchtürme
dative einem dem Kirchturm,
Kirchturme1		 den Kirchtürmen
accusative einen den Kirchturm die Kirchtürme
1Now uncommon, see notes

Hyponyms

Derived terms
  • Kirchturmglocke
  • Kirchturmspitze
  • Kirchturmuhr (“church tower clock”)

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