Heiliger Geist

Significado (English)

the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost

Synonyms

Heilige Geist

Pneuma

Der Heilige Geist

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ̯lɪɡɐ ˈɡaɪ̯st/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from alto alemão médio: heileger geist

Inherited from alemão arcaico alto: heilagēr geist

In summary

From Middle High German heileger geist, from Old High German heilagēr geist, formed by Anglo-Saxon missionaries as a calque of Old English Hāliġ Gāst, itself a calque of Latin Spīritus Sānctus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον (Pneûma tò Hágion).