predikant

English

Etymology

From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).

Pronunciation

Noun

predikant (plural predikants or predikante)

  1. (chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, 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

Etymology

From prediken (“to preach”) +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant

Noun

predikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)

  1. preacher, minister (used in the Dutch Protestant church)
    Synonym: prediker

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: predikant (dated)

Swedish

Noun

predikant c

  1. a preacher (one who preaches)

Declension
Declension of predikant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative predikant predikanten predikanter predikanterna
Genitive predikants predikantens predikanters predikanternas

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