"kerk" meaning in Dutch

See kerk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɛrk/ Audio: Nl-kerk.ogg Forms: kerken [plural], kerkje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛrk Etymology: From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|kerke}} Middle Dutch kerke, {{inh|nl|odt|kirica}} Old Dutch kirica, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*kirikā}} Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, {{der|nl|grc|κυριακόν}} Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)
  1. church, house of Christian worship Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kerk-nl-noun-CpQdfVP-
  2. (occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kerk-nl-noun-cUIeJaW- Categories (other): Christianity Disambiguation of Christianity: 25 44 31
  3. church, temple, non-Christian house of worship Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-kerk-nl-noun--lvvbxwe Disambiguation of Places of worship: 13 6 81 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Buildings Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Buildings: 14 4 82 Derived forms (toponyms): Aagtekerke, Abbekerk, Adinkerke, Almkerk, Benedenkerk, Biggekerke, Bovekerke, Bovenkerk, Doomkerke, Duinkerke, Giekerk, Giessen-Oudekerk, Grijpskerk, Grijpskerke, Haverskerke, Heemskerk, Hoedekenskerke, Hoogkerk, Houtkerke, Kaaskerke, Kerk en Zanen, Kerk-Avezaath, Kerkbrugge, Kerkbuurt, Kerkdorp, Kerkdriel, Kerkebeek, Kerkeind, Kerkeinde, Kerkelanden, Kerkem, Kerkenbos, Kerkeneind, Kerkenhoek, Kerkenveld, Kerklaan, Kerkrade, Kerksken, Kerkwerve, Kerkwijk, Kerschoten, Klemskerke, Kleverskerke, Koolkerke, Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Koudekerke, Kruiskerke, Leegkerk, Lekkerkerk, Liedekerke, Mariakerke, Mariekerke, Meerkerk, Meetkerke, Meliskerke, Middelkerke, Moerkerke, Niekerk, Niepkerke, Nieuwerkerk, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Nieuwerkerke, Nieuwerkerken, Nieuwkerk, Nieuwkerke, Nieuwkerken, Nieuwkerken-Waas, Nijkerk, Nukerke, Oenkerk, Oldekerk, Oostkerke, Oude Kerk, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Oudkerk, Ouwerkerk, Ridderkerk, 's-Heer Abtskerke, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Schipperskerk, Serooskerke, Sinoutskerke, Snaaskerke, Steenkerke, Streefkerk, Stuivekenskerke, Uitkerke, Waterlandkerkje, Westkerke, Wilskerke, Wissenkerke, Zuienkerke Disambiguation of 'toponyms': 6 3 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: de kogel is door de kerk [general], domkerk [general], dorpskerk [general], huiskerk [general], jodenkerk [general], kathedraalkerk [general], kerkasiel [general], kerkbank [general], kerkburcht [general], kerkdienst [general], kerkdorp [general], kerkelijk [general], kerkendom [general], kerkfabriek [general], kerkganger [general], kerkgenootschap [general], kerkgraf [general], kerkhervormer [general], kerkhistorica [general], kerkhistoricus [general], kerkhof [general], kerkklok [general], kerkkoor [general], kerklichaam [general], kerkmeester [general], kerkorgel [general], kerkprins [general], kerktoren [general], kerkuil [general], kerkvader [general], kerkvergadering [general], kerkvolk [general], kerkvoogd [general], kerkvorst [general], kerkwezen [general], kermis [general], kerspel [general], kinderkerk [general], kruiskerk [general], schuilkerk [general], staafkerk [general], staanderkerk [general], staatskerk [general], vloeken in de kerk [general], volkskerk [general], voor het zingen de kerk uitgaan [general], weerkerk [general], zaalkerk [general]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "de kogel is door de kerk"
    },
    {
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      "word": "domkerk"
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    {
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      "word": "dorpskerk"
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      "word": "huiskerk"
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    {
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      "word": "jodenkerk"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kathedraalkerk"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kerkasiel"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkbank"
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      "word": "kerkburcht"
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      "word": "kerkdienst"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkdorp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkelijk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkendom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kerkfabriek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkganger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkgenootschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkgraf"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kerkhervormer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkhistorica"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkhistoricus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkhof"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkklok"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkkoor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerklichaam"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kerkmeester"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kerkorgel"
    },
    {
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      "word": "kerkprins"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kerktoren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kerkuil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvader"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvergadering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvolk"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvoogd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvorst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerkwezen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kermis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerspel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kinderkerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kruiskerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "schuilkerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "staafkerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "staanderkerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "staatskerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "vloeken in de kerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "volkskerk"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "voor het zingen de kerk uitgaan"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "weerkerk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "zaalkerk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Fwe",
          "lang_code": "fwe",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "n-kèrékè"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Herero",
          "lang_code": "hz",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "okereka"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kwanyama",
          "lang_code": "kj",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "onggeleka"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Phuthi",
          "lang_code": "bnt-phu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ikereke"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Shona",
          "lang_code": "sn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kirike"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "lang_code": "st",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kereke"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Venda",
          "lang_code": "ve",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "gereke"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "kerk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kirki"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kerki"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "kêrk"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Virgin Islands Creole",
          "lang_code": "vic",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerek"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kerk"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Virgin Islands Creole",
          "lang_code": "vic",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerek"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kirk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "lang_code": "arw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kerki"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kèrki"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerki"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jvn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kèrki"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kari'na",
          "lang_code": "car",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "keleke"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kéíki"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kerki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "kerke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kerke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "kirica"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch kirica",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kirikā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kirikā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κυριακόν"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kerken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kerk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church, house of Christian worship"
      ],
      "id": "en-kerk-nl-noun-CpQdfVP-",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 44 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "nl:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "church, confessional religious organization"
      ],
      "id": "en-kerk-nl-noun-cUIeJaW-",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "occasionally capitalized",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Buildings",
          "orig": "nl:Buildings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 6 81",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "nl:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Aagtekerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Abbekerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Adinkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Almkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Benedenkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Biggekerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Bovekerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Bovenkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Doomkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Duinkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Giekerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Giessen-Oudekerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Grijpskerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Grijpskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Haverskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Heemskerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Hoedekenskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Hoogkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Houtkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kaaskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerk en Zanen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerk-Avezaath"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkbrugge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkbuurt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkdorp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkdriel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkebeek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkeind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkeinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkelanden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkenbos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkeneind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkenhoek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkenveld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerklaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkrade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerksken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkwerve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerkwijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Kerschoten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Klemskerke"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Kleverskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Koolkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Koudekerk aan den Rijn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Koudekerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Kruiskerke"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Leegkerk"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Lekkerkerk"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Liedekerke"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Mariakerke"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Meerkerk"
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Meetkerke"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Meliskerke"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Middelkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Moerkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Niekerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Niepkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Nieuwerkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Nieuwerkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Nieuwerkerken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Nieuwkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Nieuwkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Nieuwkerken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Nieuwkerken-Waas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Nijkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Nukerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Oenkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Oldekerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Oostkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Oude Kerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Ouderkerk aan de Amstel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Ouderkerk aan den IJssel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Oudkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Ouwerkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Ridderkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "'s-Heer Abtskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "'s-Heer Arendskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Schipperskerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Serooskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Sinoutskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Snaaskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Steenkerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Streefkerk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
          "sense": "toponyms",
          "word": "Stuivekenskerke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Uitkerke"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Waterlandkerkje"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Westkerke"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "_dis1": "6 3 91",
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          "word": "Wissenkerke"
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          "word": "Zuienkerke"
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        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "temple",
          "temple"
        ],
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          "house of worship",
          "house of worship"
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        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛrk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kerk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Nl-kerk.ogg/Nl-kerk.ogg.mp3",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛrk"
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}
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  "categories": [
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    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrk/1 syllable",
    "nl:Buildings",
    "nl:Christianity",
    "nl:Places of worship"
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      "word": "de kogel is door de kerk"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkganger"
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      "word": "kerkkoor"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kerkuil"
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      "word": "kerkvader"
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kerkvergadering"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kerkvolk"
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kerkvoogd"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kerkvorst"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kerkwezen"
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kermis"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ],
      "word": "kerspel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kinderkerk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "kruiskerk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "schuilkerk"
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "staafkerk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "staanderkerk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "staatskerk"
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      "tags": [
        "general"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "general"
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      "word": "volkskerk"
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        "general"
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      "word": "weerkerk"
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      "word": "Aagtekerke"
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      "word": "Almkerk"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
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    },
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      "word": "Biggekerke"
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      "word": "Doomkerke"
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      "word": "Duinkerke"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Giekerk"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
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      "word": "Grijpskerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Grijpskerke"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Haverskerke"
    },
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Heemskerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Hoedekenskerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Hoogkerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Houtkerke"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kaaskerke"
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      "word": "Kerk en Zanen"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
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      "word": "Kerkbuurt"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkeind"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkeinde"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkelanden"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkem"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkenbos"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkeneind"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkenhoek"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkenveld"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerklaan"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkrade"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerksken"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkwerve"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Kerkwijk"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Koolkerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Koudekerk aan den Rijn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Koudekerke"
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      "word": "Kruiskerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
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    },
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      "word": "Liedekerke"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Mariakerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Meerkerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Meetkerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Middelkerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Moerkerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Niekerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Niepkerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwerkerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwerkerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwerkerken"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwkerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwkerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwkerken"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nieuwkerken-Waas"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nijkerk"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Nukerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Oenkerk"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Oostkerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Oude Kerk"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Ouderkerk aan de Amstel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Ouderkerk aan den IJssel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Oudkerk"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Ouwerkerk"
    },
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Ridderkerk"
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      "word": "'s-Heer Abtskerke"
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      "word": "'s-Heer Arendskerke"
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      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Serooskerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Sinoutskerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Snaaskerke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Steenkerke"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Streefkerk"
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
      "word": "Stuivekenskerke"
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    {
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      "word": "Uitkerke"
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    {
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    {
      "sense": "toponyms",
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "kerk"
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      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kirki"
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      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kerki"
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    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "kêrk"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Virgin Islands Creole",
          "lang_code": "vic",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerek"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kerk"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Virgin Islands Creole",
          "lang_code": "vic",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerek"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kirk"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "lang_code": "arw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kerki"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kèrki"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kerki"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jvn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kèrki"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kari'na",
          "lang_code": "car",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "keleke"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kéíki"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kerki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "kerke"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kerke",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "kirica"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch kirica",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kirikā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kirikā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κυριακόν"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kerken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kerk f (plural kerken, diminutive kerkje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kerk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church, house of Christian worship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church, confessional religious organization"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "occasionally capitalized",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(occasionally capitalized) church, confessional religious organization"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church, temple, non-Christian house of worship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "temple",
          "temple"
        ],
        [
          "house of worship",
          "house of worship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛrk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kerk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Nl-kerk.ogg/Nl-kerk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Nl-kerk.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kerk"
}

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