Heiliger Geist
[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“Heiliger Geist” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dritte Person der Trinität (das heißt des dreifaltigen Gottes)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heiliger Geist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Heiliger Geist” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Heiliger Geist is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dritte Person der Trinität (das heißt des dreifaltigen Gottes)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Heiliger Geist in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heiliger Geist, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-R- -G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1dritte Person der Trinität (das heißt des dreifaltigen Gottes)
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Heiliger Geist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-I-L-I-G-E-R- -G-E-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.