noun
church
A2
'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
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.