predikant
English
editEtymology
editFrom South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpredikant (plural predikants or predikante)
- (chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 536:
- One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom prediken (“to preach”) + -ant.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant
Noun
editpredikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)
Descendants
edit- → Papiamentu: predikant (dated)
Swedish
editNoun
editpredikant c
- a preacher (one who preaches)
Declension
editDeclension of predikant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | predikant | predikanten | predikanter | predikanterna |
Genitive | predikants | predikantens | predikanters | predikanternas |
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