Lebensinhalt
German, noun/ˈleːbn̩sˌʔɪnhalt/
Lebensinhalt is a German masculine noun meaning “raison d'être (purpose in one's life)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit dessen, was eine Person in ihrem Leben umtreibt, immer wieder beschäftigt”.
What does Lebensinhalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraison d'être (purpose in one's life)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit dessen, was eine Person in ihrem Leben umtreibt, immer wieder beschäftigt
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 Lebensinhalt
- Lebensinhaltes genitive
- Lebensinhalts genitive
- Lebensinhalte plural
- Lebensinhalten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lebensinhalt?
- /ˈleːbn̩sˌʔɪnhalt/
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌʔɪnhalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lebensinhalt in German?
Lebensinhalt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).