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)

1. (chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 536:

     One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.

Dutch

Etymology

From prediken (“to preach”) +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant

Noun

predikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)

1. preacher, minister (used in the Dutch Protestant church)

   Synonym: prediker

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: predikant (dated)

Swedish

Noun

predikant c

1. 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.