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Gottseligkeit

German, noun/ˈɡɔtzeːlɪçkaɪ̯t/

Gottseligkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “piety, godliness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Gottseligkeit mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepiety, godliness

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

How do you pronounce Gottseligkeit?

  • /ˈɡɔtzeːlɪçkaɪ̯t/

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

How common is Gottseligkeit in German?

Gottseligkeit appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).