gottgegeben
German, adjective[ˈɡɔtɡəˌɡeːbn̩]
gottgegeben is spelled G-O-T-T-G-E-G-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gottgegeben is a German adjective meaning “God-given” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem übernatürlichen Wesen auf etwas oder jemanden übertragen”.
What does gottgegeben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
God-given
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einem übernatürlichen Wesen auf etwas oder jemanden übertragen 2. so, dass man nichts dagegen tun kann, unabwendbar
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 gottgegeben
- gottgegebener masculine nominative singular
- gottgegebene feminine nominative singular
- gottgegebenes neuter nominative singular
- gottgegebenen genitive masculine singular
- gottgegebenem dative masculine singular
- der gottgegebene definite includes-article masculine
- die gottgegebene definite feminine includes-article
- das gottgegebene definite includes-article neuter
- die gottgegebenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gottgegebenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gottgegebenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gottgegebenen dative definite includes-article
- den gottgegebenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gottgegeben?
- [ˈɡɔtɡəˌɡeːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gottgegeben in German?
gottgegeben appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).