selig

/ˈzeːlɪç/ adjective C1

very or deeply happy; overjoyed · Sie lächelte zurück, und er war selig. She smiled back, and he was overjoyed.
expressing such happiness; beatific · Sie betrachtete das Neugeborene mit seligen Blicken. She looked at the newborn with beatific glances.
unworried; unanxious; tranquil · Er ging ins Bett und fiel in einen seligen Schlaf. He went to bed and fell into a tranquil sleep.
having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
blessed (having been beatified)

Comparative seliger · Superlative am seligsten

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Endings

After der, die, das (dieser, jeder)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	Plural
Nominative	selige	selige	selige	seligen
Accusative	seligen	selige	selige	seligen
Dative	seligen	seligen	seligen	seligen
Genitive	seligen	seligen	seligen	seligen

Without an article

	masculine	feminine	neuter	Plural
Nominative	seliger	selige	seliges	selige
Accusative	seligen	selige	seliges	selige
Dative	seligem	seliger	seligem	seligen
Genitive	seligen	seliger	seligen	seliger

After ein, kein, mein

	masculine	feminine	neuter	Plural
Nominative	seliger	selige	seliges	seligen
Accusative	seligen	selige	seliges	seligen
Dative	seligen	seligen	seligen	seligen
Genitive	seligen	seligen	seligen	seligen

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