heiligsprechen
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçən/
heiligsprechen is spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heiligsprechen is a German verb meaning “to canonize (declare someone a saint, thereby recommending their veneration to the whole Church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden offiziell in den Stand eines Heiligen erheben”.
What does heiligsprechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to canonize (declare someone a saint, thereby recommending their veneration to the whole Church)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden offiziell in den Stand eines Heiligen erheben
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 heiligsprechen
- spricht heilig present singular third-person
- sprach heilig past
- heiliggesprochen participle past
- spräche heilig past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- heiligsprechend participle present
- heiligzusprechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- spreche heilig first-person indicative present
- sprechen heilig first-person indicative plural
- sprichst heilig indicative present second-person
- sprecht heilig indicative plural present
- sprechest heilig second-person singular subjunctive
- sprechet heilig plural second-person subjunctive
- sprachen heilig first-person indicative plural
- sprächen heilig first-person formal plural
- sprachst heilig indicative preterite second-person
- spracht heilig indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heiligsprechen?
- /ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçən/
- [ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌʃpʁɛçn̩]
- [ˈhaɪ̯lɪkˌʃpʁɛçn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heiligsprechen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heiligsprechen in German?
heiligsprechen appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).