Noun: Kirchhof
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Kirchhof |
| Plural | Kirchhöfe |
Definite
| Singular | der Kirchhof |
| Plural | die Kirchhöfe |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Kirchhofes; Kirchhofs |
| Plural | Kirchhöfe |
Definite
| Singular | des Kirchhofes; Kirchhofs |
| Plural | der Kirchhöfe |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Kirchhof; Kirchhofe |
| Plural | Kirchhöfen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Kirchhof; Kirchhofe |
| Plural | den Kirchhöfen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Kirchhof |
| Plural | Kirchhöfe |
Definite
| Singular | den Kirchhof |
| Plural | die Kirchhöfe |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Kirchhof
Weltraumbahnhof,
Rangierbahnhof,
Güterbahnhof,
Schlachthof,
Verladebahnhof,
Hinterhof,
Bruderhof,
Hauptbahnhof,
Vorhof,
Rechnungshof,
Bundesrechnungshof,
Kirchhof,
Warzenhof,
Gasthof,
Arkadenhof,
Gerichtshof,
Friedhof,
Autohof,
Bundesgerichtshof,
Landgasthof, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle High German kirchhof (“land around a church”). Analyzable as Kirche (“church”) + Hof (“yard”). The semantic development is determined by Middle Low German kerkhof, which came to mean “graveyard” because graveyards have traditionally tended to be established around churches. Compare the same in Dutch kerkhof (“graveyard”). See: Dutch Nouns '
kerkhof'.
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