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religiös

German, adjective/ʁeliˈɡjøːs/

religiös is a German adjective meaning “religious (concerning religion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Religion betreffend”.

What does religiös mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    religious (concerning religion)

  2. 2

    religious (committed to the practice of religion)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Religion betreffend 2. stark von der Religion, vom Glauben beeinflusst

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 religiös

  • religiöser masculine nominative singular
  • am religiösesten superlative
  • religiöse feminine nominative singular
  • religiöses neuter nominative singular
  • religiösen genitive masculine singular
  • religiösem dative masculine singular
  • der religiöse definite includes-article masculine
  • die religiöse definite feminine includes-article
  • das religiöse definite includes-article neuter
  • die religiösen definite includes-article nominative
  • des religiösen definite genitive includes-article
  • der religiösen definite feminine genitive
  • dem religiösen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce religiös?

  • /ʁeliˈɡjøːs/
  • [ʁeliˈɡi̯øːs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to religiös

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is religiös in German?

religiös appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).