Lebenslauf
German, noun/ˈleːbm̩sˌlaʊ̯f/
Lebenslauf is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-L-A-U-F (10 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebenslauf is a German masculine noun meaning “curriculum vitae (UK), résumé (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abfolge dessen, was sich im Verlauf des Lebens von jemandem ereignet hat”.
What does Lebenslauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurriculum vitae (UK), résumé (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abfolge dessen, was sich im Verlauf des Lebens von jemandem ereignet hat 2. schriftliche Übersicht wesentlicher Aspekte von [1]
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 Lebenslauf
- Lebenslaufes genitive
- Lebenslaufs genitive
- Lebensläufe plural
- Lebenslaufe dative singular
- Lebensläufen dative definite plural
- CV abbreviation
- C.V. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lebenslauf?
- /ˈleːbm̩sˌlaʊ̯f/
- /ˈleːbənsˌlaʊ̯f/
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌlaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lebenslauf in German?
Lebenslauf appears 10 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).