Chirche
See also: chirche
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Chirchä, Chircha
- Chilä, Chile, Chille (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zurich)
- Chilche (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Grisons, Nidwalden, St Gallen, Tessin, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Valais, Zurich (Weinland))
- Chüuche, Chüucha (Bern, Fribourg)
Etymology
From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχir.χə/, /ˈχɪr.χə/
Noun
Chirche f (plural Chirchene or Chirche, diminutive Chirchli)
- church
- 1979, Zeitschrift für Kultur und Politik und Kirche, volume 28, Evangelische-kirchliche Vereinigung in der Schweiz, LCCN sf81001018, OCLC 1639448, page 639:
- Aber mi dünkt, mängisch sige üsi Chirchene wie nes Museum. […] Üsi Chirchene es Museum, wo mir Jesus ufbewahre: zum Bispil a dr Kanzel hets es Chrüz, es Symbol für Jesus.
- But I have the impression, sometimes our churches are like a museum. […] Our churches a museum where we preserve Jesus: for example at the pulpit there's a cross, a symbol for Jesus.