German edit

Etymology edit

Welt +‎ -lich

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛltˌlɪç/
  • Hyphenation: welt‧lich
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Adjective edit

weltlich (strong nominative masculine singular weltlicher, comparative weltlicher, superlative am weltlichsten)

  1. earthly, mundane, worldly (concerned with the human, earthly, or physical)
  2. profane (not sacred or holy), secular (not specifically religious), worldly (concerned with the secular rather than the sacred)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • weltlich” in Duden online
  • weltlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German weltlich, Dutch wereldlijk, English worldly.

Adjective edit

weltlich

  1. secular, worldly

Plautdietsch edit

Adjective edit

weltlich

  1. worldly, temporal
  2. mundane