Antichrist

See also: antichrist

English

Alternative forms

• anti-Christ

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Antichrist

1. (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
• Armenian: Նեռ (hy) (Neṙ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反基督 (zh) (fǎnjīdū), 敵基督 (zh), 敌基督 (zh) (díjīdū)

• Esperanto: Antikristo
• Finnish: Antikristus
• French: antéchrist (fr) m
• Friulian: Anticrist m
• Georgian: ანტიქრისტე (anṭikrisṭe)
• German: Antichrist (de) m
• Greek: Αντίχριστος m (Antíchristos)
• Hebrew: אנטיכריסט‎ (he)
• Irish: Ainchríost m
• Italian: Anticristo m
• Japanese: 反キリスト (はんきりすと, hankirisuto)

• Lithuanian: Antikristas
• Norwegian: Antikrist m
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Antychryst (pl)
• Portuguese: Anticristo (pt) m
• Russian: Анти́христ (ru) (Antíxrist)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Антихрист, ^{(please verify)} Антикрист

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} Antihrist, ^{(please verify)} Antikrist

• Swedish: antikrist
• Tagalog: Antikristo, antikristo
• Turkish: Deccal (tr)
• Ukrainian: Антихрист (Antyxryst)
• Walloon: Antécri (wa)

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Proper noun

Antichrist m

1. Superseded spelling of antichrist.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/

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Noun

Antichrist m (genitive Antichrist or Antichristen or Antichrists, plural Antichristen or Antichriste)

1. Antichrist

Usage notes

• The commonest inflection is with an invariable singular and a plural in -en. Normal weak and strong declensions are also possible.

Declension

Declension of Antichrist

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

Declension of Antichrist

	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

Declension of Antichrist

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

See also

• Antichristus