# selig

selig is a German adjective meaning “very or deeply happy”. Forms: seliger, am seligsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: seliger
- Superlative: am seligsten

## In other languages

- Русский: счастливый, радостный, блаженный

## Meanings

1. very or deeply happy; overjoyed
   - Sie lächelte zurück, und er war selig. — She smiled back, and he was overjoyed.
2. expressing such happiness; beatific
   - Sie betrachtete das Neugeborene mit seligen Blicken. — She looked at the newborn with beatific glances.
3. unworried; unanxious; tranquil
   - Er ging ins Bett und fiel in einen seligen Schlaf. — He went to bed and fell into a tranquil sleep.
4. having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
   - Wer unbußfertig ist, kann nicht selig werden. — They who are impenitent cannot go to heaven.
5. blessed (having been beatified)
   - die selige Jungfrau und Gottesmutter — the blessed Virgin and Mother of God
6. blissful; overjoyed; ecstatic
   - Nach dem gelungenen Fest war sie nur noch selig.

## Examples

- Geben ist seliger denn nehmen. — It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Selig sind die Unwissenden. — Blessed are the ignorant.
- Er wollte lieber in seliger Unwissenheit leben. — He'd rather live in blissful ignorance.
- Marias Gesicht strahlte selige Zufriedenheit aus. — Maria's face radiated beautiful contentment.
- Selig ist, wer da nichts erwartet, denn ihm wird nie Enttäuschung widerfahren. — Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will never be disillusioned.

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