Zölibat
German, noun/tsø.liˈbaːt/
Zölibat is spelled Z-Ö-L-I-B-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zölibat is a German masculine noun meaning “celibacy (sexual abstinence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch die Priesterweihe eingegangene Verpflichtung zur Ehelosigkeit und zu sexueller Enthaltsamkeit…”.
What does Zölibat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutercelibacy (sexual abstinence)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch die Priesterweihe eingegangene Verpflichtung zur Ehelosigkeit und zu sexueller Enthaltsamkeit katholischer Priester
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 Zölibat
- Zölibates genitive
- Zölibats genitive
- Zölibate plural
- Zölibaten dative definite plural
- Coelibat alternative obsolete
- Cölibat alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zölibat?
- /tsø.liˈbaːt/
- [t͡søliˈbaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zölibat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zölibat in German?
Zölibat appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).