Heiliger
German, noun
Heiliger is a German masculine noun meaning “saint (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Heilige. In lower case, heiliger is a different word: “comparative degree of heilig”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als heilig verehrte Person”.
What does Heiliger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaint (male or of unspecified gender)
- 2
informalmasculinevirtuous, honest person (male or of unspecified gender)
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of heilig
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. als heilig verehrte Person 2. rechtschaffene, tugendhafte männliche Person
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Heiliger
- der Heilige definite nominative
- Heiligen genitive
- Heilige plural
- die Heiligen definite plural
- Heiligem dative singular strong
- des Heiligen genitive singular
- der Heiligen genitive plural
- dem Heiligen dative singular
- den Heiligen dative plural
- ein Heiliger nominative singular
- keine Heiligen nominative plural
- eines Heiligen genitive singular
- keiner Heiligen genitive plural
- einem Heiligen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Heiliger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heiliger in German?
Heiliger appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).