heilsam
German, adjective/ˈhaɪ̯lza(ː)m/
heilsam is spelled H-E-I-L-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heilsam is a German adjective meaning “promoting mental, moral and/or physical welfare; wholesome, healing, salubrious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden dazu bewegend, umzudenken / sich zu bessern”.
What does heilsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
promoting mental, moral and/or physical welfare; wholesome, healing, salubrious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemanden dazu bewegend, umzudenken / sich zu bessern 2. heilend
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 heilsam
- heilsamer masculine nominative singular
- am heilsamsten superlative
- heilsame feminine nominative singular
- heilsames neuter nominative singular
- heilsamen genitive masculine singular
- heilsamem dative masculine singular
- der heilsame definite includes-article masculine
- die heilsame definite feminine includes-article
- das heilsame definite includes-article neuter
- die heilsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des heilsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der heilsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem heilsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heilsam?
- /ˈhaɪ̯lza(ː)m/
- [ˈhaɪ̯lzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heilsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heilsam in German?
heilsam appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).