Kirche

noun
church
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'Kirche' means 'church' (building or Christian congregation). Feminine: die Kirche. Plural Kirchen. Genitive singular der Kirche (no added ending). Regular declension. Common prepositional uses: in die Kirche (movement, accusative) and in der Kirche (location, dative). Not a verb; no irregular plural.

Examples

Die Kirche in unserem Dorf ist sehr alt.
The church in our village is very old.
Die Touristen besuchten die Kirche, weil sie die alte Architektur sehen wollten.
The tourists visited the church because they wanted to see the old architecture.
Ich gehe in die Kirche.
I go to church.

Details

PluralKirchen

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Kirchedie Kirchen
genitiveder Kircheder Kirchen
dativeder Kircheden Kirchen
accusativedie Kirchedie Kirchen

Mnemonics

👁️Imagine a small building with a cross and many 'K' shaped windows
👂Sounds a bit like 'kirk' (English for church in Scots)
⚧️Die Kirche — think of 'die' as the traditional, communal building

Notes

Kirche is a common feminine noun referring to a Christian church or church as an institution.

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