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kyrka

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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kyrka (present tense kyrker, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkast, present participle kyrkande, imperative kyrk)

  1. Alternative spelling of kyrke

Swedish

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en kyrka (Lunds domkyrka)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally Lord's (house)), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, lord).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɕʏrka/, (dated, dialectal:) /²ɕørka/, (Finland Swedish:) /²tɕʏrka/
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Noun

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kyrka c

  1. a church (building)
  2. a church (organization)

Declension

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Derived terms

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