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göttlich

German, adjective/ˈɡœtlɪç/

göttlich is spelled G-Ö-T-T-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Göttlich is a German adjective meaning “divine, godly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gott betreffend, von Gott kommend”.

What does göttlich mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    divine, godly

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Gott betreffend, von Gott kommend 2. außerordentlich schön, herrlich, wunderbar

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 göttlich

  • göttlicher masculine nominative singular
  • am göttlichsten superlative
  • göttliche feminine nominative singular
  • göttliches neuter nominative singular
  • göttlichen genitive masculine singular
  • göttlichem dative masculine singular
  • der göttliche definite includes-article masculine
  • die göttliche definite feminine includes-article
  • das göttliche definite includes-article neuter
  • die göttlichen definite includes-article nominative
  • des göttlichen definite genitive includes-article
  • der göttlichen definite feminine genitive
  • dem göttlichen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce göttlich?

  • /ˈɡœtlɪç/
  • [ˈɡœtlɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to göttlich

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is göttlich in German?

göttlich appears 2.6 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).

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