evangelisch
German, adjective/evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ/
evangelisch is spelled E-V-A-N-G-E-L-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Evangelisch is a German adjective meaning “evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Glaubensgemeinschaft der Protestanten gehörend, zur evangelischen Kirche gehörend, der evangelischen…”.
What does evangelisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)
- 2
Lutheran
- 3
of or pertaining to “orthodox” Protestantism in continental Europe, including the Lutheran, Calvinist (“Reformed”) and Lutheran-Calvinist (“United”) churches
In Deutschland sind die meisten Christen katholisch oder evangelisch.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Glaubensgemeinschaft der Protestanten gehörend, zur evangelischen Kirche gehörend, der evangelischen Lehre entsprechend 2. auf das Evangelium bezogen, dem Evangelium gemäß, auf das Evangelium zurückgehend
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 evangelisch
- evangelischer masculine nominative singular
- am evangelischsten superlative
- evangelische feminine nominative singular
- evangelisches neuter nominative singular
- evangelischen genitive masculine singular
- evangelischem dative masculine singular
- der evangelische definite includes-article masculine
- die evangelische definite feminine includes-article
- das evangelische definite includes-article neuter
- die evangelischen definite includes-article nominative
- des evangelischen definite genitive includes-article
- der evangelischen definite feminine genitive
- dem evangelischen dative definite includes-article
- ev. abbreviation
- evang. abbreviation
- evgl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce evangelisch?
- /evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ/
- /efaŋ-/
- [evaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to evangelisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is evangelisch in German?
evangelisch appears 3.7 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).