prædike
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish predike, borrowed from Old English predician or Old Saxon predikōn, from Latin praedicō (“to announce, (Christian) to preach”). Compare also Swedish predika, German predigen, Dutch prediken.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /prɛðəkə/, [ˈpʰʁ̥ɛðð̩ɡ̊ə], [ˈpʰʁ̥aðɡ̊ə] or (in the transferred meaning also) IPA(key): /prɛːkə/, [ˈpʰʁ̥æːɡ̊ə]
Verb
editprædike (past tense prædikede, past participle prædiket)
- (religion) to preach (to give a sermon)
- (figuratively) to preach, sermonize (to give a moralizing speech)
- Synonym: præke
Conjugation
editInflection of prædike