# Christus
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Christus, from Koine Greek Χριστός (Khristós), calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkrɪs.tʏs/
* (some orthodox Protestants and Orthodox Christians) IPA: /ˈxrɪs.tʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Chris‧tus

### Proper noun

Christus m
* (Christianity) Christ, Messiah (Christian title for Jesus of Nazareth)

#### Related terms

* christelijk
* christen
* christendom
* christenheid

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: Christus
* Negerhollands: Christus
* → Caribbean Javanese: Kristes, Kristus

## German
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʁɪstʊs/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Christus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christi or Christus' or (with an article) Christus)
* (Christianity) Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)
    Christe, erbarme dich unser. ― Christ, have mercy upon us.

#### Declension

* Obsolete Latinate declension:

#### Derived terms

* Christi-Geburt-Kirche
* Christuskind
* n. Chr.
* nach Christi Geburt
* nach Christo (obsolete)
* nach Christus
* v. Chr.
* vor Christi Geburt
* vor Christo (obsolete)
* vor Christus

#### Related terms

* Christ
* Christogramm
* Christokratie
* Christolatrie
* Christologe
* Christologie
* Christologin
* christologisch
* Christomonismus
* christomorph
* Christozentrik
* christozentrisch

### Further reading

* “Christus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Χus, Xpistus, X̄, Chrestus

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Biblical Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʰriːs.tus/, [ˈkʰriːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkris.tus/, [ˈkrist̪us]

### Proper noun

Chrīstus m sg (genitive Chrīstī); second declension
* (Christianity) Christ (Jesus)
** Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 1:1:initium evangelii Jesu Christi Filii Dei"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"

#### Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

#### Synonyms

* (Christ): Iēsūs

#### Derived terms

* Antichrīstus
* chrīstiānē
* chrīstiānismus
* chrīstiānitās
* chrīstiānus
* chrīsticola
* chrīstigena
* vicārius Christī

#### Descendants

* → Breton: Krist
* → Catalan: Crist
* → Cornish: Krist
* → Czech: Kristus
* → Danish: Kristus
* → Dutch: Christus
* → Galician: Cristo
* → German: Christus
** → Luxembourgish: Christus
* → Faroese: Kristus
* → Finnish: Kristus
* Italian: Cristo
* → Latvian: Kristus
* → Lithuanian: Kristus
* → Middle French: Christ
** French: Christ
* → Norman: Christ
* → Old English: Crist, Krist, ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ — Ruthwell Cross
** Middle English: Crist, Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ, Crest (in compound)
*** English: Christ
*** Scots: Christ
*** Yola: Cresst
* → Old Irish: Críst
** Irish: Críost
** Manx: Creest
** Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd
* → Polish: Chrystus
* → Portuguese: Cristo
* → Slovene: Kristus
* → Spanish: Cristo
* → Swedish: Kristus
* → Welsh: Crist
* → Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തു (kristu)

### References

* “Christus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Christus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Samuel Birch, Dictionary of the Hieroglyphics, pp. 415-416
* Jean-François Champollion, Grammaire Egyptienne, page 86

## Luxembourgish
### Alternative forms

* Chrëschtes (archaic or obsolete)

### Etymology

From German Christus, from Latin Christus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʀistus/

### Proper noun

Christus m
* Christ (Jesus)

#### Derived terms

* Christi Himmelfaart

#### Related terms

* Chrëscht (see there for more)