kerke

See also: Kerke

Afrikaans

Noun

kerke

1. plural of kerk

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Noun

kerke f

1. church (building)
2. church (institute)

Inflection

Weak feminine
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kerke	kerken
Accusative	kerke	kerken
Genitive	kerken	kerken
Dative	kerke, kerken	kerken

Descendants

• Dutch: kerk (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: kèrk

Further reading

• “kerke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kerke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I