præst
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See also: präst
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse prestr, either from Old Saxon prēstar or from Old English prēost, both of which are borrowed from Latin presbyter (“elder, priest”) (= Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros, “older, senior; elder”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
præst c (singular definite præsten, plural indefinite præster)
- priest (clergyman)
Declension[edit]
Declension of præst
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | præst | præsten | præster | præsterne |
| genitive | præsts | præstens | præsters | præsternes |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Greenlandic: palasi
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms derived from Old English
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns