Euskirchen

German

Etymology

From Old High German Auelskirchen, Auskirchen (literally “church on the floodplain”), from ouwa (“floodplain”) (modern German Aue) + kirihha (“church”) (modern German Kirche).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯skɪʁçn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Eus‧kir‧chen

Proper noun

Euskirchen n (proper noun, genitive Euskirchens or (optionally with an article) Euskirchen)

  1. a town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia

Declension

Declension of Euskirchen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Euskirchen
genitive des Euskirchens, Euskirchen1
dative dem Euskirchen
accusative das Euskirchen

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

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