djäkne

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish diækn, diækne, from Old Norse djákni, from Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”). Doublet of diakon.

Noun

djäkne c

1. (historical) male pupil

Declension

Declension of djäkne

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	djäkne	djäknes
	definite	djäknen	djäknens
plural	indefinite	djäknar	djäknars
	definite	djäknarna	djäknarnas

References

• djäkne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• djäkne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• djäkne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)