evangelisch

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German evangelisch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.vɑŋˈɣeː.lis/
  • (file)
  • 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

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-/
  • (file)

Adjective

evangelisch (comparative evangelischer, superlative am evangelischsten)

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

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