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Danish
Etymology
Old Norse kirkjugarðr, equivalently kirke (“church”) + gård (“yard”).
Noun
kirkegård c (singular definite kirkegården, plural indefinite kirkegårde)
- cemetery, graveyard
2012, Lars Halskov, Jacob Svendsen, Et land i krig, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:Oppe på bakken bag den muslimske kirkegård […]- Up on the hill, behind the Muslim cemetery
2008, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Mette Haakonsen, Memento mori: døden i Danmark i tværfagligt lys:På den muslimske kirkegård opstilles ikke store monumenter, hvilket ellers er almindeligt hos nogle muslimske grupper, […]- On the Muslim cemetery, large monuments are not erected, which is otherwise normal in some Muslim groups,
2007, Erik Haaest, Hipofolk: Lorenzengruppen danske terrorister i nazitiden, →ISBN:[…] det ældgamle, indiske dødstegn, som kan ses på ethvert buddhistisk tempel eller ditto kirkegård i Østen.- the ancient Indian sigil of death which can be seen in any Buddhist temple or Buddhist cemetery in the East.
1998, Gyldendals religionsleksikon: religion/livsanskuelse, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 498:Bevægelsens hovedsæde er Koya-bjerget sydøst for Kyoto, med stor kirkegård og Kukais mausoleum, et yndet valfartssted.- The capital of the movement is the Koya mountain south-east of Kyoto, with a large cemetery and Kukai's mausoleum, a popular destination for pilgrims.
Usage notes
Despite its etymology, this word is also sometimes used for cemeteries not associated with a church, or with a religion other than Christianity; gravplads (“grave-place”) and begravelsesplads (“burial-place”) are examples of religiously neutral terms.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From kirke + gård.
Pronunciation
Noun
kirkegård m (definite singular kirkegården, indefinite plural kirkegårder, definite plural kirkegårdene)
- cemetery, graveyard
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