Antichrist

See also: antichrist

English

Alternative forms

anti-Christ

Etymology

From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Latin antichristus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). Analysable as anti- +‎ Christ.

The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.

Proper noun

Antichrist

(Christianity, Islam) The false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will lead the abomination in the end times.

Usage notes

In contemporary English, is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article: the Antichrist.

Synonyms

dajjal (Islam only)

Translations

one under the direct control of the Devil

Albanian: Antikrishti m (definite)
Armenian: Նեռ (hy) (Neṙ)
Belarusian: Анты́хрыст m (Antýxryst)
Bulgarian: Антихри́ст m (Antihríst)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反基督 (zh) (fǎnjīdū), 敵基督／敌基督 (zh) (díjīdū)
Esperanto: Antikristo
Finnish: Antikristus
French: Antéchrist m, Antichrist (fr) m
Friulian: Anticrist m
Georgian: ანტიქრისტე (anṭikrisṭe)
German: Antichrist (de) m
Greek: Αντίχριστος m (Antíchristos)
Hebrew: אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְטוֹס‎ (he) m (antikrístos)
Irish: Ainchríost m
Italian: Anticristo m
Japanese: 反キリスト (はんきりすと, hankirisuto)
Kazakh: Антихрист (Antixrist)
Lithuanian: Antikristas
Macedonian: Антихрист m (Antihrist)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Antikrist m
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Antychryst (pl)
Portuguese: Anticristo (pt) m
Russian: Анти́христ (ru) m (Antíxrist)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Антихрист m, Антикрист m
Roman: Antihrist m, Antikrist m
Spanish: anticristo (es) m
Swedish: antikrist
Tagalog: Antikristo, antikristo
Turkish: Deccal (tr)
Ukrainian: Анти́христ m (Antýxryst)
Walloon: Antécri (wa)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Antichrist m

Superseded spelling of antichrist.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/
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Rhymes: -ɪst

Proper noun

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

(Christianity) Antichrist

Declension

Declension of Antichrist [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Antichrist
genitive	des	Antichristen, Antichrists
dative	dem	Antichristen
accusative	den	Antichrist

Noun

Antichrist m (weak, genitive Antichristen, plural Antichristen)

(Christianity) antichrist

Declension

Declension of Antichrist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Antichrist	die	Antichristen
genitive	eines	des	Antichristen	der	Antichristen
dative	einem	dem	Antichristen	den	Antichristen
accusative	einen	den	Antichristen	die	Antichristen