catechismus

Dutch

Alternative forms

• catechisme (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catēchismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus
• Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs

Noun

catechismus m (plural catechismussen)

1. catechism

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Latin

Etymology

from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós, “katēkhismos”), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).

Noun

catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension

1. catechism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēchismus	catēchismī
Genitive	catēchismī	catēchismōrum
Dative	catēchismō	catēchismīs
Accusative	catēchismum	catēchismōs
Ablative	catēchismō	catēchismīs
Vocative	catēchisme	catēchismī

Descendants

• Czech: katechismus, katechizmus
• Dutch: catechismus
• English: catechism
• Esperanto: katekismo
• Finnish: katekismus
• French: catéchisme
• German: Katechismus
• Hungarian: katekizmus

• Italian: catechismo
• Norman: caticème
• Marshallese: katkijm̧uuj
• Polish: katechizm
• Portuguese: catecismo
• Swedish: katekes

References

• “catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechismus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• catechismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.