Beichtgeheimnis
German, noun[ˈbaɪ̯çtɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs]
Beichtgeheimnis is spelled B-E-I-C-H-T-G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beichtgeheimnis is a German neuter noun meaning “sacramental seal, seal of confession, confessional secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das strikte Verbot für den Priester, Informationen, die er im Kontext einer Beichte erhalten hat, irgendwem…”.
What does Beichtgeheimnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersacramental seal, seal of confession, confessional secret
Das Beichtgeheimnis wahren.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das strikte Verbot für den Priester, Informationen, die er im Kontext einer Beichte erhalten hat, irgendwem weiterzugeben
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 Beichtgeheimnis
- Beichtgeheimnisses genitive
- Beichtgeheimnisse plural
- Beichtgeheimnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beichtgeheimnis?
- [ˈbaɪ̯çtɡəˌhaɪ̯mnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beichtgeheimnis in German?
Beichtgeheimnis appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).