lebensnotwendig
German, adjective/leː.bəns.noːt.vɛn.dɪç/
lebensnotwendig is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-N-O-T-W-E-N-D-I-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebensnotwendig is a German adjective meaning “vital, necessary for life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nötig, um überleben zu können”.
What does lebensnotwendig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vital, necessary for life
- 2
essential, indispensable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nötig, um überleben zu können
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 lebensnotwendig
- lebensnotwendiger masculine nominative singular
- am lebensnotwendigsten superlative
- lebensnotwendige feminine nominative singular
- lebensnotwendiges neuter nominative singular
- lebensnotwendigen genitive masculine singular
- lebensnotwendigem dative masculine singular
- der lebensnotwendige definite includes-article masculine
- die lebensnotwendige definite feminine includes-article
- das lebensnotwendige definite includes-article neuter
- die lebensnotwendigen definite includes-article nominative
- des lebensnotwendigen definite genitive includes-article
- der lebensnotwendigen definite feminine genitive
- dem lebensnotwendigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lebensnotwendig?
- /leː.bəns.noːt.vɛn.dɪç/
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌnoːtvɛndɪç]
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌnoːtvɛndɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lebensnotwendig in German?
lebensnotwendig 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).