Euskirchen

German

Etymology

From Old High German Auelskirchen, Auskirchen (literally “church on the floodplain”), from ouwa (“floodplain”) (modern German Aue) + kirihha (“church”) (modern German Kirche).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪ̯skɪʁçn̩/

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• Hyphenation: Eus‧kir‧chen

Proper noun

Euskirchen n (proper noun, genitive Euskirchens or (optionally with an article) Euskirchen)

1. A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia

Declension

Declension of Euskirchen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Euskirchen
genitive	des	Euskirchens, Euskirchen1
dative	dem	Euskirchen
accusative	das	Euskirchen

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Euskirchener
  • Euskirchenerin

Related terms

• Oberbayern, Oberdorf, Oberhasli, Oberhausen
• Altenkirchen, Fünfkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Geilenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Gumpoldskirchen, Kaltenkirchen, Oberneukirchen, Neunkirchen, Obernkirchen, Pfarrkirchen, Waldkirchen, Wermelskirchen