Weltpriester
German, noun/ˈvɛltpʁiːstɐ/
Weltpriester is spelled W-E-L-T-P-R-I-E-S-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltpriester is a German masculine noun meaning “a secular priest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der katholischen Kirche derjenige Priester, der keinem Orden angehört, sondern einer Diözese dient”.
What does Weltpriester mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea secular priest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der katholischen Kirche derjenige Priester, der keinem Orden angehört, sondern einer Diözese dient
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 Weltpriester
- Weltpriesters genitive
- Weltpriestern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltpriester?
- /ˈvɛltpʁiːstɐ/
- [ˈvɛltˌpʁiːstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltpriester in German?
Weltpriester appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).