Prophet

See also: prophet

English

Proper noun

Prophet (plural Prophets)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.
2. (Christianity, with "the") Jesus.
3. (Islam, with "the") Muhammad.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     He would sit crouched up in a corner of the cave all day long, calling upon Allah and the Prophet to protect him.

4. A surname

Translations

any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, Quran, or Torah

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پێغەمەر (pêẍemer)

• Latin: prophetes m

Muhammmad

• French: Prophète (fr) m

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈfeːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Prophet m (weak, genitive Propheten, plural Propheten, feminine Prophetin)

1. prophet

Declension

Declension of Prophet [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Prophet	die	Propheten
genitive	eines	des	Propheten	der	Propheten
dative	einem	dem	Propheten	den	Propheten
accusative	einen	den	Propheten	die	Propheten

Derived terms

• Prophetenzitat
• Untergangsprophet

Further reading

• “Prophet” in Duden online
• “Prophet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache