English

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 2010, p. 536:

     One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧kant

Etymology

From prediken ‎(“to preach”) +‎ -ant

Noun

predikant m ‎(plural predikanten, diminutive predikantje n)

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

Swedish

Noun

predikant c

1. a preacher (one who preaches)

Declension

Related terms

• predika
• predikan