Antichrist

See also: antichrist

English

Alternative forms

• anti-Christ
• antichrist

Etymology

From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Late Latin antichristus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Christ.

The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.

Proper noun

Antichrist

1. (Christianity, Islam) A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.

Usage notes

In contemporary English, is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article: the Antichrist.

N.b. that, although typically denoting a single figure in modern usage, the term was originally used to describe any of several people prophesied to fill this role.

Synonyms

• dajjal (Islam only)

Translations

one under the direct control of the Devil

• Albanian: Antikrishti m (definite)
• Armenian: Նեռ (hy) (Neṙ)
• Belarusian: Анты́хрыст m (Antýxryst)
• Bulgarian: Антихри́ст m (Antihríst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反基督 (zh) (fǎnjīdū), 敵基督／敌基督 (zh) (díjīdū)

• Esperanto: Antikristo
• Estonian: Antikristus
• Finnish: Antikristus
• French: Antéchrist m, Antichrist (fr) m
• Friulian: Anticrist m
• Georgian: ანტიქრისტე (anṭikrisṭe)
• German: Antichrist (de) m
• Greek: Αντίχριστος m (Antíchristos)
• Hebrew: אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְטוֹס (he) m (antikrístos)
• Hindi: मसीह विरोधी (masīh virodhī), दज्जाल (hi) (dajjāl)
• Ingrian: Anttikristus
• Irish: Ainchríost m
• Italian: Anticristo m
• Japanese: 反キリスト (はんきりすと, hankirisuto)
• Kazakh: Антихрист (Antixrist)
• Lithuanian: Antikristas
• Macedonian: Антихрист m (Antihrist)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Antikrist m

• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Antychryst (pl)
• Portuguese: Anticristo (pt) m
• Russian: Анти́христ (ru) m (Antíxrist)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Антихрист m, Антикрист m

  Roman: Antihrist m, Antikrist m

• Spanish: anticristo (es) m
• Swedish: antikrist
• Tagalog: Antikristo, antikristo
• Turkish: Deccal (tr)
• Ukrainian: Анти́христ m (Antýxryst)
• Walloon: Antécri (wa)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Antichrist m

1. Superseded spelling of antichrist.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Proper noun

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

1. (Christianity) Antichrist

Declension

Declension of Antichrist [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Antichrist
genitive	des	Antichristen, Antichrists
dative	dem	Antichristen
accusative	den	Antichrist

Noun

Antichrist m (weak, genitive Antichristen, plural Antichristen)

1. (Christianity) antichrist

Declension

Declension of Antichrist [masculine, weak]

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

See also

• Antichristus