Noun: diakon
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | diakon |
| Sg. Def. | diakonen |
| Pl. Indef. | diakoner |
| Pl. Def. | diakonerna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | diakons |
| Sg. Def. | diakonens |
| Pl. Indef. | diakoners |
| Pl. Def. | diakonernas |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [1899, Viktor Rydberg, edited by Karl Warburg, Skrifter XIV, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 20 May 2025, page 208:]
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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.) [2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2025, §1580:]
Nouns inflected like diakon
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”). Doublet of djäkne. See: Latin Nouns '
diāconus'.
Translations