Agape
German, noun/aˈɡaːpə/
Agape is spelled A-G-A-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agape is a German feminine noun meaning “agape (spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemeinsames Mahl der frühen Christen (mit Armenspeisung)”.
What does Agape mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagape (spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love)
- 2
feminineagape, love feast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gemeinsames Mahl der frühen Christen (mit Armenspeisung) 2. reine, selbstlose Liebe 3. religiös konnotierter Imbiss, insbesondere nach einer Vermählung
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 Agape
- Agapen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Agape?
- /aˈɡaːpə/
- [aˈɡaːpə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Agape
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Agape in German?
Agape appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).