evangelisch
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
evangelisch (not comparable)
Inflection
| Inflection of evangelisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | evangelisch | |||
| inflected | evangelische | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | evangelisch | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | evangelische | ||
| n. sing. | evangelisch | |||
| plural | evangelische | |||
| definite | evangelische | |||
| partitive | evangelisch | |||
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛvaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ/, /ˌɛfaŋ-/
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Adjective
evangelisch (comparative evangelischer, superlative am evangelischsten)
- (Christianity) evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)
- (Christianity, Protestantism) Lutheran
- (Christianity, Protestantism) pertaining to “orthodox” Protestantism in continental Europe, including the Lutheran, Calvinist (“Reformed”) and Lutheran-Calvinist (“United”) churches
Usage notes
- 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
Positive forms of evangelisch
Comparative forms of evangelisch
Superlative forms of evangelisch
Further reading
- evangelisch in Duden online
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