weltlich
German, adjective/ˈvɛltˌlɪç/
weltlich is spelled W-E-L-T-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltlich is a German adjective meaning “earthly, mundane, worldly (concerned with the human, earthly, or physical)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die sinnlich erfassbare Welt bezogen”.
What does weltlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
earthly, mundane, worldly (concerned with the human, earthly, or physical)
- 2
profane (not sacred or holy), secular (not specifically religious), worldly (concerned with the secular rather than the sacred)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die sinnlich erfassbare Welt bezogen 2. nicht auf die (christliche) Kirche oder religiöse Bereiche bezogen
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 weltlich
- weltlicher masculine nominative singular
- am weltlichsten superlative
- weltliche feminine nominative singular
- weltliches neuter nominative singular
- weltlichen genitive masculine singular
- weltlichem dative masculine singular
- der weltliche definite includes-article masculine
- die weltliche definite feminine includes-article
- das weltliche definite includes-article neuter
- die weltlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des weltlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der weltlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem weltlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weltlich?
- /ˈvɛltˌlɪç/
- [ˈvɛltlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to weltlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weltlich in German?
weltlich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).