Heiliger

See also: heiliger

English

Alternative forms

• Heyliger

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heiliger.

Proper noun

Heiliger (plural Heiligers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heiliger is the 62045^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 323 individuals. Heiliger is most common among White (92.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heiliger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 155.

German

Etymology

Masculine substantive of heilig (“holy, sacred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯.lɪ.ɡɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Hei‧li‧ger

Noun

Heiliger m (adjectival, definite nominative der Heilige, genitive (des) Heiligen, plural Heilige, definite plural die Heiligen, feminine Heilige)

1. saint (male or of unspecified gender)
2. (informal) virtuous, honest person (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Heiliger [masculine, adjectival]

	singular		plural
masculine gender	strong declension
nominative	Heiliger		Heilige
genitive	Heiligen		Heiliger
dative	Heiligem		Heiligen
accusative	Heiligen		Heilige
	weak declension
nominative	der	Heilige	die	Heiligen
genitive	des	Heiligen	der	Heiligen
dative	dem	Heiligen	den	Heiligen
accusative	den	Heiligen	die	Heiligen
	mixed declension
nominative	ein	Heiliger	(keine)	Heiligen
genitive	eines	Heiligen	(keiner)	Heiligen
dative	einem	Heiligen	(keinen)	Heiligen
accusative	einen	Heiligen	(keine)	Heiligen

Derived terms

• Allerheiligen
• Eisheiliger
• Heiligenbild
• Heiligenkult
• Heiligenschein
• Heiligenschrein
• Heiligentag
• Heiligenverehrung
• Nationalheiliger
• Ortsheiliger

Related terms

• entheiligen
• Entheiligung
• heilig
• heiligen
• Heiligung

Noun

Heiliger f

1. inflection of Heilige:
   1. strong genitive/dative singular
   2. strong genitive plural

References

• “Heiliger” in Duden online