how to pronounce kirche

/ˈkɪʁçə/

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kirche is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of kirche in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… hinter uns ist die kirche in der meine …”

meanings of kirche

noun:

Church (building).
An assembly.
Church (organised religion, especially Catholicism).

kirche frequency in german - A2 level of CEFR

the word kirche occurs in german on average 97.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.