klerikal
German, adjective[kleːʁiˈkaːl]
klerikal is spelled K-L-E-R-I-K-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klerikal is a German adjective meaning “clerical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Geistlichkeit, den Klerus betreffend”.
What does klerikal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
clerical
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Geistlichkeit, den Klerus betreffend 2. (streng) kirchlich gesinnt
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 klerikal
- klerikaler masculine nominative singular
- klerikale feminine nominative singular
- klerikales neuter nominative singular
- klerikalen genitive masculine singular
- klerikalem dative masculine singular
- der klerikale definite includes-article masculine
- die klerikale definite feminine includes-article
- das klerikale definite includes-article neuter
- die klerikalen definite includes-article nominative
- des klerikalen definite genitive includes-article
- der klerikalen definite feminine genitive
- dem klerikalen dative definite includes-article
- den klerikalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klerikal?
- [kleːʁiˈkaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to klerikal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klerikal in German?
klerikal appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).