predikant
English
Etymology
From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɛdɪˈkant/
Noun
predikant (plural predikants or predikante)
- (chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 536:
- One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.
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Dutch
Etymology
From prediken (“to preach”) + -ant.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant
Noun
predikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)
- preacher, minister (used in the Dutch Protestant church)
- Synonym: prediker
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: predikant (dated)
Swedish
Noun
predikant c
- a preacher (one who preaches)
Declension
| Declension of predikant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | predikant | predikanten | predikanter | predikanterna |
| Genitive | predikants | predikantens | predikanters | predikanternas |
Related terms
- predika
- predikan
Further reading
- predikant in Svensk ordbok.