selig
Appearance
See also: Selig
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sælic, sælec, nominalized sælde, from Old High German sālīg,[1] nominalized sālida, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, derived from *sāli.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzeːlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːlɪk/, /ˈseːlɪk/ (standard German variant in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: se‧lig
Adjective
[edit]selig (strong nominative masculine singular seliger, comparative seliger, superlative am seligsten)
- very or deeply happy; overjoyed
- Synonym: überglücklich
- Sie lächelte zurück, und er war selig.
- She smiled back, and he was overjoyed.
- expressing such happiness; beatific
- Sie betrachtete das Neugeborene mit seligen Blicken.
- She looked at the newborn with beatific glances.
- unworried; unanxious; tranquil
- (chiefly Christianity) having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
- (Roman Catholicism) blessed (having been beatified)
- die selige Jungfrau und Gottesmutter
- the blessed Virgin and Mother of God
- (following mention of a dead person) Short for Gott hab ihn selig or Gott hab sie selig.
- Meine Mutter selig hat immer gesagt...
- My mother – God rest her soul – used to say... ≈ My late mother used to say...
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of selig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist selig | sie ist selig | es ist selig | sie sind selig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | seliger | selige | seliges | selige |
genitive | seligen | seliger | seligen | seliger | |
dative | seligem | seliger | seligem | seligen | |
accusative | seligen | selige | seliges | selige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der selige | die selige | das selige | die seligen |
genitive | des seligen | der seligen | des seligen | der seligen | |
dative | dem seligen | der seligen | dem seligen | den seligen | |
accusative | den seligen | die selige | das selige | die seligen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein seliger | eine selige | ein seliges | (keine) seligen |
genitive | eines seligen | einer seligen | eines seligen | (keiner) seligen | |
dative | einem seligen | einer seligen | einem seligen | (keinen) seligen | |
accusative | einen seligen | eine selige | ein seliges | (keine) seligen |
Comparative forms of selig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist seliger | sie ist seliger | es ist seliger | sie sind seliger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | seligerer | seligere | seligeres | seligere |
genitive | seligeren | seligerer | seligeren | seligerer | |
dative | seligerem | seligerer | seligerem | seligeren | |
accusative | seligeren | seligere | seligeres | seligere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der seligere | die seligere | das seligere | die seligeren |
genitive | des seligeren | der seligeren | des seligeren | der seligeren | |
dative | dem seligeren | der seligeren | dem seligeren | den seligeren | |
accusative | den seligeren | die seligere | das seligere | die seligeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein seligerer | eine seligere | ein seligeres | (keine) seligeren |
genitive | eines seligeren | einer seligeren | eines seligeren | (keiner) seligeren | |
dative | einem seligeren | einer seligeren | einem seligeren | (keinen) seligeren | |
accusative | einen seligeren | eine seligere | ein seligeres | (keine) seligeren |
Superlative forms of selig
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “selig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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