waterstaatskerk
Dutch
Alternative forms
- waterstaatkerk (uncommon)
Etymology
Compound of waterstaat + -s- + kerk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.tər.staːtsˌkɛrk/
- Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧staats‧kerk
Noun
waterstaatskerk f (plural waterstaatskerken, diminutive waterstaatskerkje n)
- A nineteenth-century church built with government subsidy and inspected by waterstaat, usually built for a Roman Catholic community as a compensation and often realised in a neoclassical architectural style.