evangelisch

Borrowed from German evangelisch.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.vɑŋˈɣeː.lis/

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• Hyphenation: evan‧ge‧lisch

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.]

• evangelie

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛvaŋˈɡeːlɪʃ/, /ˌɛfaŋ-/

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evangelisch (strong nominative masculine singular evangelischer, comparative evangelischer, superlative am evangelischsten)

1. (Christianity, relational) evangelical (pertaining to the gospel)
2. (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) Lutheran
3. (Christianity, Protestantism, relational) of or pertaining to “orthodox” Protestantism in continental Europe, including the Lutheran, Calvinist (“Reformed”) and Lutheran-Calvinist (“United”) churches

   In Deutschland sind die meisten Christen katholisch oder evangelisch. - In Germany, most Christians are Catholic or Protestant.

• 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.

• “evangelisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “evangelisch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “evangelisch” in Duden online