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Limburgish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Koine Greek κυριακὸν (δῶμα) (kuriakòn (dôma), “Lord’s (house)”). Doublet of sjoeëtsj, sjuutsj (from English church).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kerk f (plural Kerke, diminutive Kerkske) (German-based spelling)
- (countable) church (building)
- Synonyms: sjoeëtsj (Waubach), sjuutsj (Waubach), sangs (Waubach)
- (uncountable) church (organised religion, especially Catholicism)
- (uncountable, Christianity) mass (eucharistic liturgy)