lebensgefährlich
German, adjective[ˈleːbn̩sɡəˌfɛːɐ̯lɪç]
lebensgefährlich is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-G-E-F-Ä-H-R-L-I-C-H (16 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebensgefährlich is a German adjective meaning “extremely dangerous, life-threatening (dangerous enough potentially to result in death, as opposed to merely injury)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gefahr für das Leben bedeutend”.
What does lebensgefährlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
extremely dangerous, life-threatening (dangerous enough potentially to result in death, as opposed to merely injury)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Gefahr für das Leben bedeutend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lebensgefährlich
- lebensgefährlicher masculine nominative singular
- lebensgefährliche feminine nominative singular
- lebensgefährliches neuter nominative singular
- lebensgefährlichen genitive masculine singular
- lebensgefährlichem dative masculine singular
- der lebensgefährliche definite includes-article masculine
- die lebensgefährliche definite feminine includes-article
- das lebensgefährliche definite includes-article neuter
- die lebensgefährlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des lebensgefährlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der lebensgefährlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem lebensgefährlichen dative definite includes-article
- den lebensgefährlichen dative definite includes-article
- am lebensgefährlichsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lebensgefährlich?
- [ˈleːbn̩sɡəˌfɛːɐ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lebensgefährlich in German?
lebensgefährlich appears 2.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).