Heiliger Geist

German

Alternative forms

• heiliger Geist
• heiliger geist (with the definite article: heilige geist, heilig geist, Early New High German)

Etymology

From Middle High German heileger geist, from Old High German heilagēr geist, formed by Anglo-Saxon missionaries as a calque of Old English Hāliġ Gāst, itself a calque of Latin Spīritus Sānctus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον (Pneûma tò Hágion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st/

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Proper noun

Heiliger Geist m (proper noun, strong, definite nominative der Heilige Geist, genitive (des) Heiligen Geistes or (des) Heiligen Geists)

1. (Christianity) the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost

Declension

Declension of Heiliger Geist [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
masculine gender	strong declension
nominative	Heiliger Geist
genitive	Heiligen Geistes, Heiligen Geists
dative	Heiligem Geist, Heiligem Geiste1
accusative	Heiligen Geist
	weak declension
nominative	der	Heilige Geist
genitive	des	Heiligen Geistes, Heiligen Geists
dative	dem	Heiligen Geist, Heiligen Geiste1
accusative	den	Heiligen Geist
	mixed declension
nominative	ein	Heiliger Geist
genitive	eines	Heiligen Geistes, Heiligen Geists
dative	einem	Heiligen Geist, Heiligen Geiste1
accusative	einen	Heiligen Geist

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Heiliggeist-Bruderschaft

See also

• Dreifaltigkeit
• Gottvater
• Jesus Christus