geistlich
German, adjective[ˈɡaɪstlɪç]
geistlich is spelled G-E-I-S-T-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geistlich is a German adjective meaning “spiritual (of or pertaining to God or a church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend”.
What does geistlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spiritual (of or pertaining to God or a church)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend
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 geistlich
- geistlicher masculine nominative singular
- am geistlichsten superlative
- geistliche feminine nominative singular
- geistliches neuter nominative singular
- geistlichen genitive masculine singular
- geistlichem dative masculine singular
- der geistliche definite includes-article masculine
- die geistliche definite feminine includes-article
- das geistliche definite includes-article neuter
- die geistlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des geistlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der geistlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem geistlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geistlich?
- [ˈɡaɪstlɪç]
- [ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geistlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geistlich in German?
geistlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).