heilig
German, adjective[ˈhaɪ̯lɪç]
heilig is spelled H-E-I-L-I-G (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heilig is a German adjective meaning “holy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “göttlich, verehrenswürdig, sehr fromm, geweiht”.
What does heilig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
holy
- 2
sacred
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. göttlich, verehrenswürdig, sehr fromm, geweiht 2. unantastbar, Ehrfurcht einflößend, ernst 3. entsetzlich, groß
adverb: 1. wahrhaftig, ehrlich
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 heilig
- heiliger masculine nominative singular
- am heiligsten superlative
- heilige feminine nominative singular
- heiliges neuter nominative singular
- heiligen genitive masculine singular
- heiligem dative masculine singular
- der heilige definite includes-article masculine
- die heilige definite feminine includes-article
- das heilige definite includes-article neuter
- die heiligen definite includes-article nominative
- des heiligen definite genitive includes-article
- der heiligen definite feminine genitive
- dem heiligen dative definite includes-article
- hl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heilig?
- [ˈhaɪ̯lɪç]
- [ˈhaɪ̯lɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heilig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heilig in German?
heilig appears 8.5 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).