biktfader

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bikt +‎ fader.

Noun

biktfader c

  1. a confessor (priest who hears confession)
    Coordinate term: biktbarn
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎[1], Catholica, archived from the original on 16 January 2026, §1466:
      Biktfadern är inte herre över Guds förlåtelse, utan dess tjänare.
      The confessor is not the master of God's forgiveness, but its servant.

Declension

Declension of biktfader
nominative genitive
singular indefinite biktfader biktfaders
definite biktfadern biktfaderns
plural indefinite biktfäder biktfäders
definite biktfäderna biktfädernas

References

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