kirchlich
German, adjective[ˈkɪʁçlɪç]
kirchlich is a German adjective meaning “ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Kirche gehörend, die Kirche betreffend, von der Kirche ausgehend (als institutionelle…”.
What does kirchlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Kirche gehörend, die Kirche betreffend, von der Kirche ausgehend (als institutionelle Glaubensgemeinschaft)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kirchlich
- kirchlicher masculine nominative singular
- am kirchlichsten superlative
- kirchliche feminine nominative singular
- kirchliches neuter nominative singular
- kirchlichen genitive masculine singular
- kirchlichem dative masculine singular
- der kirchliche definite includes-article masculine
- die kirchliche definite feminine includes-article
- das kirchliche definite includes-article neuter
- die kirchlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des kirchlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der kirchlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem kirchlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kirchlich?
- [ˈkɪʁçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kirchlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kirchlich in German?
kirchlich appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).