Kerwe
German, noun/ˈkɛʁvə/
Kerwe is spelled K-E-R-W-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kerwe is a German feminine noun meaning “synonym of Kirchweih” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die jährliche Gedächtnisfeier an die Kirchweihe in einem Ort, die oft mit einem Jahrmarkt und anderen…”.
What does Kerwe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of Kirchweih
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die jährliche Gedächtnisfeier an die Kirchweihe in einem Ort, die oft mit einem Jahrmarkt und anderen Vergnügungen gefeiert wird
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 Kerwe
- Kerwen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kerwe?
- /ˈkɛʁvə/
- [ˈkɛʁvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kerwe in German?
Kerwe appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).