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German
Etymology
Gott + -lich
Pronunciation
Adjective
göttlich (strong nominative masculine singular göttlicher, comparative göttlicher, superlative am göttlichsten)
- divine, godly
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 268:
Unrecht ist die Verfehlung gegen die menschliche Gemeinschaft, Sünde die Verfehlung gegen die göttliche, mithin gegen die priesterliche Autorität.- Wrongdoing is the misconduct against the human community, sin the misconduct against the godly, therefore against the priestly authority.
Declension
Positive forms of göttlich
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “göttlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “göttlich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “göttlich” in Duden online