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diakon

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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diakon c (singular definite diakonen, plural indefinite diakoner)

  1. deacon

Declension

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Declension of diakon
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diakon diakonen diakoner diakonerne
genitive diakons diakonens diakoners diakonernes

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diakon/
  • Hyphenation: dia‧kon

Noun

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diakon

  1. (Catholicism) deacon (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work)
    Synonym: diaken
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Noun

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diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakoner, definite plural diakonene)

  1. (Christianity) deacon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Derived from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).

Noun

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diakon m (definite singular diakonen, indefinite plural diakonar, definite plural diakonane)

  1. (Christianity) deacon

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus. Doublet of diak and żak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdja.kɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -akɔn
  • Syllabification: dia‧kon

Noun

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diakon m pers (female equivalent diakonisa, related adjective diakoński)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
  2. (Protestantism) deacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
  3. (Early Christianity) deacon (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • diakon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • diakon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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diakon m pers (female equivalent diakonka, relational adjective diakonský)

  1. deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Declension

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Declension of diakon
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativediakondiakoni
genitivediakonadiakonov
dativediakonovidiakonom
accusativediakonadiakonov
locativediakonovidiakonoch
instrumentaldiakonomdiakonmi

Further reading

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  • diakon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, servant). Doublet of djäkne.

Noun

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diakon c

  1. (Christianity) deacon
    • 1899, Viktor Rydberg, edited by Karl Warburg, Skrifter XIV[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-05-20, page 208:
      När predikningen var slutad, förenade sig församlingen med sina äldste, lärare, diakoner och diakonissor i den gemensamma kärleksmåltiden.
      When the sermon was over, the congregation joined its elders, teachers, deacons, and deaconesses in the common love feast.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 2025-04-20, §1580:
      I de orientaliska kyrkorna [...] kan gifta män vigas till präster och diakoner.
      In the Eastern Churches married men can be ordained as priests and deacons.

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