heiligen

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.lə.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: hei‧li‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯ləɣən

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch heiligen, from Old Dutch *hēlagon, *heiligon, from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną. Equivalent to heilig +‎ -en.

VerbEdit

heiligen

  1. (transitive) to hallow, to sanctify
    Uw naam worde geheiligd.
    Hallowed be thy name.
InflectionEdit
Inflection of heiligen (weak)
infinitive heiligen
past singular heiligde
past participle geheiligd
infinitive heiligen
gerund heiligen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular heilig heiligde
2nd person sing. (jij) heiligt heiligde
2nd person sing. (u) heiligt heiligde
2nd person sing. (gij) heiligt heiligde
3rd person singular heiligt heiligde
plural heiligen heiligden
subjunctive sing.1 heilige heiligde
subjunctive plur.1 heiligen heiligden
imperative sing. heilig
imperative plur.1 heiligt
participles heiligend geheiligd
1) Archaic.
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  • Afrikaans: heilig

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

heiligen

  1. Plural form of heilige

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle High German heiligen, from Old High German heilagōn, from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną. Cognate with Dutch heiligen, English hallow.

VerbEdit

heiligen (weak, third-person singular present heiligt, past tense heiligte, past participle geheiligt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to hallow; to make holy
    Vater unser im Himmel, geheiligt werde dein Name.
    Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. (Lord’s Prayer)
    Sende deinen Geist auf diese Gaben herab und heilige sie, damit sie uns werden Leib und Blut deines Sohnes, unseres Herrn Jesus Christus.
    Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may become for us the body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. (Catholic eucharist prayer)
  2. (transitive) to regard or respect as holy
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Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

heiligen

  1. inflection of heilig:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further readingEdit

  • heiligen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • heiligen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • heiligen” in Duden online
  • heiligen” in OpenThesaurus.de