tsjerke

Meaning

church

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtsjɛr.kə/

Etymology

From Old Frisian tzirke, tzerke, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Sentences

Wat kinne jo sizze oer de skiednis fan dizze tsjerke ?

What can you say about the history of this church?

Dat is in gigantysk grutte tsjerke .

That is a gigantic church.

Ik sjoch de frou alle sneinen twa kear yn tsjerke .

I see the woman twice every Sunday in church.

Ik rûn de tsjerke út , oer de brêge , by it jaachpaad del .

I walked out of the church, over the bridge, down the track.

Hy wie foaral bekend om syn striid tsjin de partijfoarming yn de tsjerke .

He was especially known for his fight against party formation in the church.

It is in tsjerke út de tolfde iuw .

It is a church from the twelfth century.

Neist de sneinstsjinsten wurdt de tsjerke brûkt foar alderlei kulturele aktiviteiten.

In addition to Sunday services, the church is used for various cultural activities.

It is net ienfâldich om de ierste skiednis fan de kristlike tsjerke te rekonstruearjen.

It is not easy to reconstruct the earliest history of the Christian church.