predikant
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English
Etymology
From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).
Pronunciation
Noun
predikant (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
Etymology
From prediken (“to preach”) + -ant.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant
Noun
predikant m (plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: predikant (dated)
Swedish
Noun
predikant c
- a preacher (one who preaches)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | predikant | predikants |
| definite | predikanten | predikantens | |
| plural | indefinite | predikanter | predikanters |
| definite | predikanterna | predikanternas |