weltlich

German

Etymology

Welt +‎ -lich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛltˌlɪç/
  • Hyphenation: welt‧lich
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Adjective

weltlich (strong nominative masculine singular weltlicher, comparative weltlicher, superlative am weltlichsten)

  1. earthly, mundane, worldly (concerned with the human, earthly, or physical)
  2. profane (not sacred or holy), secular (not specifically religious), worldly (concerned with the secular rather than the sacred)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • weltlich” in Duden online
  • weltlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German weltlich, Dutch wereldlijk, English worldly.

Adjective

weltlich

  1. secular, worldly

Plautdietsch

Adjective

weltlich

  1. worldly, temporal
  2. mundane