ketter

Concepts

heretic

misbeliever

Translations

hereje

Ketzer

hérétique

herege

Häretiker

eretico

heretge

Ketzerin

αιρετικός

Häretikerin

مُرْتَد

zındık

زَنْدِيق

Irrgläubige

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɛ.tər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: ketter

In summary

From Middle Dutch ketter, from Latin catharus (“Cathar”), from Ancient Greek καθαροί (katharoí, “the pure”), originally used by practitioners of Novatianism in relation to themselves.