Katechese

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin catēchēsis, from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō), from κατά (katá) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /katɛˈçeːzə/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Ka‧te‧che‧se

Noun

Katechese f (genitive Katechese, plural Katechesen)

(Christianity) catechesis (religious instruction)
(education) catechesis (Christian religion lesson or lecture)

Declension

Declension of Katechese [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Katechese	die	Katechesen
genitive	einer	der	Katechese	der	Katechesen
dative	einer	der	Katechese	den	Katechesen
accusative	eine	die	Katechese	die	Katechesen

Descendants

→ Polish: katecheza

Further reading

“Katechese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Katechese” in Duden online
“Katechese”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Katechese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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