diözesan
German, adjective[diøt͡seˈzaːn]
diözesan is spelled D-I-Ö-Z-E-S-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diözesan is a German adjective meaning “diocesan, metropolitan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Diözese betreffend, der Diözese angehörend”.
What does diözesan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diocesan, metropolitan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angehöriger eines Bistums
adjective: 1. die Diözese betreffend, der Diözese angehörend
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 diözesan
- diözesaner masculine nominative singular
- diözesane feminine nominative singular
- diözesanes neuter nominative singular
- diözesanen genitive masculine singular
- diözesanem dative masculine singular
- der diözesane definite includes-article masculine
- die diözesane definite feminine includes-article
- das diözesane definite includes-article neuter
- die diözesanen definite includes-article nominative
- des diözesanen definite genitive includes-article
- der diözesanen definite feminine genitive
- dem diözesanen dative definite includes-article
- den diözesanen dative definite includes-article
- Diözesanen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diözesan?
- [diøt͡seˈzaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diözesan in German?
diözesan appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).