Evangelium

See also: evangelium and evangélium

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Alternative forms

• Euangelium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin euangelium, evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /evaŋˈɡeːli̯ʊm/

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• Hyphenation: Evan‧ge‧li‧um

Noun

Evangelium n (strong, genitive Evangeliums, plural Evangelien) or (Latinate declension)
Evangelium n (strong, genitive Evangelii, plural Evangelia)

1. Evangelium, Gospel (one of the first four books of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John)
2. (biblical, Christianity) gospel (the good news of salvation through Jesus)

Declension

Declension of Evangelium [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Evangelium	die	Evangelien
genitive	eines	des	Evangeliums	der	Evangelien
dative	einem	dem	Evangelium	den	Evangelien
accusative	ein	das	Evangelium	die	Evangelien

Latinate declension

Declension of Evangelium [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Evangelium	die	Evangelia
genitive	eines	des	Evangelii	der	Evangeliorum
dative	einem	dem	Evangelio	den	Evangeliis
accusative	ein	das	Evangelium	die	Evangelia

Further reading

• “Evangelium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Evangelium” in Duden online
• “Evangelium”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Evangelium” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon