glückselig
German, adjective/ˌɡlʏkˈzeːlɪç/
glückselig is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-E-L-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glückselig is a German adjective meaning “blissful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr glücklich; meist auf äußere Einflüsse zurückzuführen”.
What does glückselig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
blissful
- 2
beatific
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr glücklich; meist auf äußere Einflüsse zurückzuführen 2. eine innere Zufriedenheit verspürend
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 glückselig
- glückseliger masculine nominative singular
- am glückseligsten superlative
- glückselige feminine nominative singular
- glückseliges neuter nominative singular
- glückseligen genitive masculine singular
- glückseligem dative masculine singular
- der glückselige definite includes-article masculine
- die glückselige definite feminine includes-article
- das glückselige definite includes-article neuter
- die glückseligen definite includes-article nominative
- des glückseligen definite genitive includes-article
- der glückseligen definite feminine genitive
- dem glückseligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glückselig?
- /ˌɡlʏkˈzeːlɪç/
- /-ˈzeːlɪk/
- [ˌɡlʏkˈzeːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glückselig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glückselig in German?
glückselig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).