heiligen
German, verb
heiligen is spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heiligen is a German verb meaning “to hallow; to make holy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of heilig. With a capital, Heiligen is a different word: “strong genitive/accusative singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas heilig machen, weihen”.
What does heiligen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hallow; to make holy
Vater unser im Himmel, geheiligt werde dein Name.
- 2
to regard or respect as holy
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
masculinestrong genitive/accusative singular
- 2
masculinestrong dative plural
- 3
masculineweak/mixed genitive/dative/accusative singular
- 4
masculineweak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
femininestrong dative plural
- 2
feminineweak/mixed genitive/dative singular
- 3
feminineweak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas heilig machen, weihen 2. etwas rechtfertigen oder zumindest als gerechtfertigt erscheinen lassen 3. etwas als heilig, wertvoll und unantastbar, betrachten und dann dementsprechend behandeln
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 heiligen
- heiligt present singular third-person
- heiligte past
- geheiligt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heiligend participle present
- heilige first-person indicative present
- heiligst indicative present second-person
- heiligest second-person singular subjunctive
- heiliget plural second-person subjunctive
- heiligten first-person indicative plural
- heiligtest indicative preterite second-person
- heiligtet indicative plural preterite
- heilig imperative second-person singular
- habe geheiligt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geheiligt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- heilig! imperative singular
- heilige! imperative singular
- heiligt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heiligen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heiligen in German?
heiligen appears 43 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).