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Heiliger Geist
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de heiliger Geist
de heiliger geist with the definite article: de heilige geist, de heilig geist Early New High German
Etymology
From de gmh heileger geist, from de goh heilagēr geist, formed by Anglo-Saxon missionaries as a calque of de ang Hāliġ Gāst, itself a calque of de la Spīritus Sānctus, itself a calque of de grc Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st/
de De-Heiliger Geist.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
Heiliger<+> Geist<m,es:s>
de Christianity the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
Declension
Heiliger<+> Geist<m,es:s.sg>
Related terms
de Heiliggeist-Bruderschaft
See also
de Dreifaltigkeit
de Gottvater
de Jesus Christus