Kirchensteuer
German, noun[ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐ]
Kirchensteuer is spelled K-I-R-C-H-E-N-S-T-E-U-E-R (13 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kirchensteuer is a German feminine noun meaning “church tax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Steuer, die in einigen Staaten (im Auftrag) von Religionsgemeinschaften mit öffentlich-rechtlichem Charakter…”.
What does Kirchensteuer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechurch tax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Steuer, die in einigen Staaten (im Auftrag) von Religionsgemeinschaften mit öffentlich-rechtlichem Charakter zur Bestreitung von Aufgaben erhoben 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 Kirchensteuer
- Kirchensteuern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kirchensteuer?
- [ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kirchensteuer in German?
Kirchensteuer appears 1.4 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).