gläubig
German, adjective/ˈɡlɔʏ̯bɪç/
gläubig is spelled G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gläubig is a German adjective meaning “faithful, believing (convinced of a religious view or dogma)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vertrauensvoll”.
What does gläubig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
faithful, believing (convinced of a religious view or dogma)
- 2
trustful, confiding, confident (trusting and believing, possibly with the notion of credulity)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vertrauensvoll 2. eine religiöse Anschauung vertretend; an einen Gott oder Götter glaubend
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 gläubig
- gläubiger masculine nominative singular
- am gläubigsten superlative
- gläubige feminine nominative singular
- gläubiges neuter nominative singular
- gläubigen genitive masculine singular
- gläubigem dative masculine singular
- der gläubige definite includes-article masculine
- die gläubige definite feminine includes-article
- das gläubige definite includes-article neuter
- die gläubigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gläubigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gläubigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gläubigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gläubig?
- /ˈɡlɔʏ̯bɪç/
- /ˈɡlɔʏ̯bɪk/
- [ˈɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gläubig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gläubig in German?
gläubig appears 1.7 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).