From Dutch heilig, from Middle Dutch heilich, from Old Dutch heilig, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) + -ig (“-y”).
heilig (attributive heilige, comparative heiliger, superlative heiligste)
From Dutch heiligen, from Middle Dutch heiligen, from Old Dutch *hēlagon, *heiligon, from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną.
heilig (present heilig, present participle heiligende, past participle geheilig)
From Middle High German hailig, from Old High German heilag.
heilig
From Middle Dutch heilich, from Old Dutch heilig, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) + -ig (“-y”).
heilig (comparative heiliger, superlative heiligst)
| Declension of heilig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | heilig | |||
| inflected | heilige | |||
| comparative | heiliger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | heilig | heiliger | het heiligst het heiligste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | heilige | heiligere | heiligste |
| n. sing. | heilig | heiliger | heiligste | |
| plural | heilige | heiligere | heiligste | |
| definite | heilige | heiligere | heiligste | |
| partitive | heiligs | heiligers | — | |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
heilig
From Middle High German heilic (hailig, heilec), from Old High German heilag, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag. Compare Low German hillig, Dutch heilig, English holy, Danish hellig, Swedish helig.
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heilig (strong nominative masculine singular heiliger, comparative heiliger, superlative am heiligsten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist heilig | sie ist heilig | es ist heilig | sie sind heilig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | heiliger | heilige | heiliges | heilige |
| genitive | heiligen | heiliger | heiligen | heiliger | |
| dative | heiligem | heiliger | heiligem | heiligen | |
| accusative | heiligen | heilige | heiliges | heilige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der heilige | die heilige | das heilige | die heiligen |
| genitive | des heiligen | der heiligen | des heiligen | der heiligen | |
| dative | dem heiligen | der heiligen | dem heiligen | den heiligen | |
| accusative | den heiligen | die heilige | das heilige | die heiligen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein heiliger | eine heilige | ein heiliges | (keine) heiligen |
| genitive | eines heiligen | einer heiligen | eines heiligen | (keiner) heiligen | |
| dative | einem heiligen | einer heiligen | einem heiligen | (keinen) heiligen | |
| accusative | einen heiligen | eine heilige | ein heiliges | (keine) heiligen | |
Note: There are also contracted forms like heil'ger.
From Proto-West Germanic *hailag.
heilig
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