selig
Meaning
- very or deeply happy; overjoyed
- expressing such happiness; beatific
- unworried; unanxious; tranquil
- having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
- blessed (having been beatified)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for Gott hab ihn selig or Gott hab sie selig.
Concepts
Synonyms
freudestrahlend
glückstrahlend
nicht mehr sein
dahingegangen
wonnevoll
veraltet)
unterm Torf
weg vom Fenster
aus dem Leben geschieden
dahingeschieden
hat es hinter sich
draußen geblieben
nicht mehr unter uns
nicht mehr unter den Lebenden
mit jemandem ist es aus
tot und begraben
Frequency
Hyphenated as
se‧lig
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzeːlɪç/
Etymology
From Middle High German sælic, sælec, nominalized sælde, from Old High German sālīg, nominalized sālida, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, derived from *sāli.
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