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apostolisch

German, adjective[apɔsˈtoːlɪʃ]

apostolisch is a German adjective meaning “apostolic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alles, was unmittelbar oder mittelbar auf die Apostel zurückgeht”.

What does apostolisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    apostolic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. alles, was unmittelbar oder mittelbar auf die Apostel zurückgeht 2. päpstlich

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 apostolisch

  • apostolischer masculine nominative singular
  • apostolische feminine nominative singular
  • apostolisches neuter nominative singular
  • apostolischen genitive masculine singular
  • apostolischem dative masculine singular
  • der apostolische definite includes-article masculine
  • die apostolische definite feminine includes-article
  • das apostolische definite includes-article neuter
  • die apostolischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des apostolischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der apostolischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem apostolischen dative definite includes-article
  • den apostolischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apostolisch?

  • [apɔsˈtoːlɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to apostolisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is apostolisch in German?

apostolisch appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).