prædike
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
prædike (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 edit
Inflection of prædike