Kirchturm
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Kirche (“church”) + Turm (“tower, spire; steeple”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Kirchturm m (strong, genitive Kirchturmes or Kirchturms, plural Kirchtürme)
- (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.
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
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 rare, see notes.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- Kirchturmglocke
- Kirchturmspitze
- Kirchturmuhr (“church tower clock”)