leibliches

Leibliches is the inflected form of the German adjective leiblich, meaning bodily or corporeal. It describes things relating to the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. The stem Leib means body, from Old High German leib, and leiblich is formed with the suffix -lich to indicate a characteristic of the body.

In modern German, leiblich is used in a variety of domains, including everyday language, medicine, philosophy, and theology. It often appears in fixed expressions such as das leibliche Wohl (bodily well-being or physical nourishment), leibliche Bedürfnisse (bodily needs), and leibliche Gesundheit (bodily health).

The form leibliches, the strong-declension neuter form, appears as an inflected adjective when it stands before a neuter noun without a definite article, or in other contexts; in common phrases with articles, you will hear leibliche or das leibliche Wohl. This reflects how adjectives in German change endings to indicate case, number, and gender.

The term is often contrasted with körperlich, which has a more clinical or everyday sense of the body, while leiblich can carry nuance related to human corporeality, natural life, or existential bodily experience. In religious or philosophical writing, leiblich may be used to mark the corporeal aspect of existence or to distinguish physical from spiritual dimensions.