evangelisch

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.vɑŋˈɣeː.lis/
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  • Hyphenation: evan‧ge‧lisch

Adjective

evangelisch (not comparable)

  1. evangelical, pertaining to the gospels [from 17th c.]
  2. evangelical, pertaining to evangelicalism [from 20th c.]
  3. evangelical, Lutheran, pertaining to Lutheranism
  4. (dated, historical) mainline, irenic, moderate, pertaining to a 19th century moderate movement in the Dutch Reformed Church [from 19th c.]

Inflection

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛvaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ/, /ˌɛfaŋ-/
  • (file)

Adjective

evangelisch (strong nominative masculine singular evangelischer, comparative evangelischer, superlative am evangelischsten)

  1. (Christianity, relational) evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)
  2. (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) Lutheran
  3. (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) of or pertaining to “orthodoxProtestantism 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

  • 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

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Further reading

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