evangelisch
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German evangelisch.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editevangelisch (not comparable)
- evangelical, pertaining to the gospels [from 17th c.]
- evangelical, pertaining to evangelicalism [from 20th c.]
- evangelical, Lutheran, pertaining to Lutheranism
- (dated, historical) mainline, irenic, moderate, pertaining to a 19th century moderate movement in the Dutch Reformed Church [from 19th c.]
Inflection
editDeclension of evangelisch | ||||
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uninflected | evangelisch | |||
inflected | evangelische | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | evangelisch | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | evangelische | ||
n. sing. | evangelisch | |||
plural | evangelische | |||
definite | evangelische | |||
partitive | evangelisch |
Related terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editevangelisch (strong nominative masculine singular evangelischer, comparative evangelischer, superlative am evangelischsten)
- (Christianity, relational) evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)
- (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) Lutheran
- (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) of or pertaining to “orthodox” Protestantism in continental Europe, including the Lutheran, Calvinist (“Reformed”) and Lutheran-Calvinist (“United”) churches
- In Deutschland sind die meisten Christen katholisch oder evangelisch. - In Germany, most Christians are Catholic or Protestant.
Usage notes
edit- The German adjective does not refer to the contemporary US-based Protestant movement, for which see evangelikal.
- The best English translation for sense 3 is probably just “Protestant”, even if it is somewhat imprecise.
Declension
editPositive forms of evangelisch
Comparative forms of evangelisch
Superlative forms of evangelisch
Further reading
edit- “evangelisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “evangelisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “evangelisch” in Duden online
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