Noun: kirke
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | kirke |
| Sg. definite | kirken |
| Pl. indefinite | kirker |
| Pl. definite | kirkerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | kirkes |
| Sg. definite | kirkens |
| Pl. indefinite | kirkers |
| Pl. definite | kirkernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kirke
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish kirk(i)æ, kyrk(i)æ, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “church”), a neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kirkja', Old English Nouns '
ċiriċe'.
Verbs referencing "kirke"
English Nouns
church, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kirkja, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kirkje.
Translations