diakon

diakon c (singular definite diakonen, plural indefinite diakoner)

1. deacon

• “diakon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “diakon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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

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

diakon

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

   Synonym: diaken

• “diakon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

1. (Christianity) deacon

• “diakon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. (Christianity) deacon

• “diakon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.kɔn/

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• Rhymes: -akɔn
• Syllabification: dia‧kon

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)

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

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdi̯akɔn]

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

1. deacon (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

• “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

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

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 20 May 2025, 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 20 April 2025, §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.

• diakonissa

• diakon in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker