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sublim

German, adjective[zʊpˈliːm]

sublim is a German adjective meaning “sublime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erhaben, verfeinert, nur einem feineren Verständnis oder Empfinden zugänglich”.

What does sublim mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sublime

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. erhaben, verfeinert, nur einem feineren Verständnis oder Empfinden zugänglich

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 sublim

  • sublimer masculine nominative singular
  • am sublimsten superlative
  • sublime feminine nominative singular
  • sublimes neuter nominative singular
  • sublimen genitive masculine singular
  • sublimem dative masculine singular
  • der sublime definite includes-article masculine
  • die sublime definite feminine includes-article
  • das sublime definite includes-article neuter
  • die sublimen definite includes-article nominative
  • des sublimen definite genitive includes-article
  • der sublimen definite feminine genitive
  • dem sublimen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce sublim?

  • [zʊpˈliːm]
  • [zuˈbliːm]

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

English words that translate to sublim

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

How common is sublim in German?

sublim appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.

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