gottgläubig

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German

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Etymology

Gott +‎ gläubig

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  • Hyphenation: gott‧gläu‧big

Adjective

gottgläubig (strong nominative masculine singular gottgläubiger, comparative gottgläubiger, superlative am gottgläubigsten)

  1. believing in God, particularly being devout
    • 1799, Daniel Jenisch, Diogenes Laterne, Rein, →OCLC, page 251:
      Fichte, der gottgläubigste Philosoph in ganz Teutschland, (denn so zeigt er sich in seiner Appellazion an das Publikum) wird des A t h e i s m u s angeschuldiget, []
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  2. (Nazism) believing in God without belonging to a religious group

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