Kirchenasyl
German, noun[ˈkɪʁçn̩ʔaˌzyːl]
Kirchenasyl is spelled K-I-R-C-H-E-N-A-S-Y-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kirchenasyl is a German neuter noun meaning “church asylum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Asyl, das meist von einer Kirchengemeinde in Räumen der Kirche gewährt wird”.
What does Kirchenasyl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchurch asylum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Asyl, das meist von einer Kirchengemeinde in Räumen der Kirche gewährt 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 Kirchenasyl
- Kirchenasyls genitive
- Kirchenasyle plural
- Kirchenasylen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kirchenasyl?
- [ˈkɪʁçn̩ʔaˌzyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kirchenasyl in German?
Kirchenasyl appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).