gottgleich

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German

Etymology

Gott +‎ -gleich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔtɡlaɪ̯ç/
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Adjective

gottgleich (strong nominative masculine singular gottgleicher, not comparable)

  1. godlike
    • 1923, Sigmund Freud, Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert, in: Imago: Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften, vol. 9, booklet 1, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, page 14:
      Der böse Dämon des christlichen Glaubens, der Teufel des Mittelalters, war nach der christlichen Mythologie selbst ein gefallener Engel und gottgleicher Natur.
      The evil demon of the Christian belief, the devil of the middle ages, was according to the Christian mythology a fallen angel himself and of godlike nature.

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