Definition
The state and period during which a living being is alive.
Translations
- English
- life
- Français
- vie
- Türkçe
- hayat
- Polski
- życie
- Русский
- жизнь
- Українська
- життя
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Leben
- A1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Personal Information
life
/das ˈleːbn̩/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Leben
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryPersonal Information
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Leben ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “life”.
- Der Text nennt das Leben.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “life”.
- Der Text handelt vom Leben.DativSing.The text is about “life”.
- Mehrere Leben werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “life” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Leben.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “life”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Leben.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “life”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Leben/ˈleːbn̩/
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Article phrase
das Leben/das ˈleːbn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Leben | die Leben |
| Akkusativ | das Leben | die Leben |
| Dativ | dem Leben | den Leben |
| Genitiv | des Lebens | der Leben |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdas Leben genießen
- Prepositional constructionim Lebenin + Dativ
- Collocationein langes Leben
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- AntonymTod
- Semantically relatedMensch
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- lebenDerivational base