Chilche
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Chilä, Chile, Chille (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zurich)
Etymology
From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German chirihha, from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Cognate with German Kirche, Dutch kerk, English church.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xilxə/
Noun
Chilche f (plural Chilche, diminutive Chilcheli)
- (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Grisons, Nidwalden, St Gallen, Tessin, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Valais, Zurich (Weinland)) church
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Si, wi haist jetzt au no di Pizzeria in Lecce, hinder de Chile?
- Hey, what's the name of the pizzeria in Lecce, behind the church?
- Si, wi haist jetzt au no di Pizzeria in Lecce, hinder de Chile?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):