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Kirke
Kirke
See also: kirke
Estonian
Proper noun
Kirke
- (Greek mythology) Circe
- A female given name, also derived from kirka, genitive singular form of kirgas (“bright”).
Finnish
Proper noun
Kirke
Declension
| Inflection of Kirke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kirke | Kirket | |
| genitive | Kirken | Kirkejen | |
| partitive | Kirkeä | Kirkejä | |
| illative | Kirkeen | Kirkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kirke | Kirket | |
| accusative | nom. | Kirke | Kirket |
| gen. | Kirken | ||
| genitive | Kirken | Kirkejen Kirkeinrare |
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| partitive | Kirkeä | Kirkejä | |
| inessive | Kirkessä | Kirkeissä | |
| elative | Kirkestä | Kirkeistä | |
| illative | Kirkeen | Kirkeihin | |
| adessive | Kirkellä | Kirkeillä | |
| ablative | Kirkeltä | Kirkeiltä | |
| allative | Kirkelle | Kirkeille | |
| essive | Kirkenä | Kirkeinä | |
| translative | Kirkeksi | Kirkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | Kirkein | |
| abessive | Kirkettä | Kirkeittä | |
| comitative | — | Kirkeineen | |
Anagrams
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kirke
See also: Kirke
Danish
Noun
kirke c (singular definite kirken, plural indefinite kirker)
Declension
Inflection of kirke
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kirke | kirken | kirker | kirkerne |
| genitive | kirkes | kirkens | kirkers | kirkernes |
Derived terms
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References
- “kirke” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
kirke
Etymology
From Old Norse kirkja, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “that which belongs to the Lord”) via Old English ċiriċe (“church”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çɪrkə/
- Rhymes: -ɪrkə
Noun
kirke f, m (definite singular kirka or kirken, indefinite plural kirker, definite plural kirkene)
- a church (a house of worship)
Derived terms
See also
kyrkje (Nynorsk)
References
- “kirke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.