diakon

See also: Diakon

Danish

Noun

diakon c (singular definite diakonen, plural indefinite diakoner)

1. deacon

Declension

Declension of diakon

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diakon	diakonen	diakoner	diakonerne
genitive	diakons	diakonens	diakoners	diakonernes

Further reading

• “diakon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “diakon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Indonesian

Etymology

Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diakon/
• Hyphenation: dia‧kon

Noun

diakon

1. (Catholicism) deacon (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work)

   Synonym: diaken

Related terms

• diaken

 

Further reading

• “diakon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Noun

diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakoner, definite plural diakonene)

1. (Christianity) deacon

References

• “diakon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Noun

diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakonar, definite plural diakonane)

1. (Christianity) deacon

References

• “diakon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus. Doublet of diak and żak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.kɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -akɔn
• Syllabification: dia‧kon

Noun

diakon m pers (female equivalent diakonisa, related adjective diakoński)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
2. (Protestantism) deacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
3. (Early Christianity) deacon (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Declension

Declension of diakon

	singular	plural
nominative	diakon	diakoni/diakony (deprecative)
genitive	diakona	diakonów
dative	diakonowi	diakonom
accusative	diakona	diakonów
instrumental	diakonem	diakonami
locative	diakonie	diakonach
vocative	diakonie	diakoni

Related terms

adjectives

• diakonacki
• diakonijny

 

nouns

• archidiakon
• archidiakonat
• archidiakonia
• diakonat
• diakonia
• diakonikon

 

Further reading

• diakon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• diakon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟi̯akɔn]

Noun

diakon m anim (feminine diakonka, related adjective diakonský)

1. deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Declension

Declension of diakon

	singular	plural
nominative	diakon	diakoni
genitive	diakona	diakonov
dative	diakonovi	diakonom
accusative	diakona	diakonov
locative	diakonovi	diakonoch
instrumental	diakonom	diakonmi

Further reading

• “diakon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024