Kirchspiel
German, noun/ˈkɪʁçˌʃpiːl/
Kirchspiel is spelled K-I-R-C-H-S-P-I-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kirchspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “parish (area of a church congregation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geografischer Einzugsbereich einer Kirchengemeinde”.
What does Kirchspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicneuterparish (area of a church congregation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geografischer Einzugsbereich einer Kirchengemeinde
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 Kirchspiel
- Kirchspieles genitive
- Kirchspiels genitive
- Kirchspiele plural
- Kirchspielen dative definite plural
- Kspl. abbreviation
- Ksple. abbreviation plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kirchspiel?
- /ˈkɪʁçˌʃpiːl/
- [ˈkɪʁçˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kirchspiel in German?
Kirchspiel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).