selig
blissful, deceased (archaic/respectful)
English translations
- 01
happy
- 02
blessed
Word details
- German meaning
- Selig bedeutet, von göttlichem Segen erfüllt, glückselig oder verstorben und im Himmel zu sein.
- English meaning
- Blessed
- Synonym
- glückselig, wonnevoll
- German example
- Die seligen Heiligen werden im Himmel verehrt.
- English example
- The blessed saints are venerated in heaven.
- Comparative
- seligerSuperlative: am seligsten
Related words
- Habseligkeit
greed
- Habseligkeit
possessiveness
- usselig
miserable
- usselig
wretched
- usselig
poor
- seligmachen
To make blessed
- Seligkeit
Bliss
- Seligsprechung
Beatification
- seligsprechen
Beatify
- Habseligkeit
Possession
- gruselig
Creepy
- usselig
Shabby, scruffy, of poor quality.
- üsselig
Drizzly, damp
- alkoholselig
Alcohol-induced bliss
- bierselig
Beer-happy, tipsy from beer
- bröselig
crumbly
- feindselig
Hostile
- glückselig
Blissful
- krisselig
Scraggly
- rührselig
Mawkish, overly sentimental
- schusselig
Clumsy, absent-minded
- weinselig
wine-happy
- ehrpusselig
Overly meticulous
- fisselig
Fussy, finicky, shaky
- Glückseligkeit
bliss
- armselig
Miserable, pathetic
- mühselig
Arduous
- saumselig
Laggard means slow, sluggish, or negligent in the performance of tasks or duties.
- Gottseligkeit
Godliness is a state of deep piety, religiousness, and spiritual devotion to God.
- vertrauensselig
Trusting means that someone is very gullible and quickly trusts other people, often without sufficient caution.
- wuselig
bustling
- pusselig
Timid
- trübselig
Gloomy, melancholic
- Feindseligkeit
Hostility
- dusselig
dizzy, muddle-headed, absent-minded
- Leutseligkeit
Affability
- leutselig
"Affable" means friendly, approachable, and accommodating in dealing with other people.
- redselig
Talkative
- gefühlsselig
Sentimental
- wieselig
weaselly
- belligerent
feindselig
- transfeindlich
Transphobic None
- lumpig
Shabby means shabby, inferior, or of poor quality.
- Nirvana
Nirvana
- Kinderfeindlichkeit
Child-hatred describes a hostile or negative attitude towards children.
- Paradies
Paradise
- Ausländerfeindlichkeit
Ausländerfeindlichkeit refers to a rejection or hostile attitude towards people who do not come from one's own country.
Example sentences with “selig”
Sie ist im seligen Schlaf. (She is in blissful sleep.)
Frequently asked questions
Does it mean dead?
Yes, 'der selige Großvater' (the late grandfather).