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
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
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