Heiliger Geist
[ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“Heiliger Geist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dritte Person der Trinität (das heißt des dreifaltigen Gottes)
Corpus desk
Index DE-heiliger-geist · Heiliger Geist · German
Heiliger Geist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heiliger Geist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heiliger Geist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heiliger Geist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An Pfingsten wird gefeiert, dass der Heilige Geist auf die Apostel und Jünger herabkam, wie in der Apostelgeschichte erzählt wird.
„Alle drei Selbstpräsenzen der einen und einzigen Wirklichkeit Gottes sind gleichewig. Dann gilt: der Vater ist Gott; der Sohn ist derselbe Gott und auch der Heilige Geist ist ein und derselbe Gott.“
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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.