Lebensunterhalt
German, noun[ˈleːbn̩sˌʔʊntɐhalt]
Lebensunterhalt is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-U-N-T-E-R-H-A-L-T (15 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebensunterhalt is a German masculine noun meaning “livelihood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die finanziellen Mittel, die nötig sind, um das Leben zu sichern”.
What does Lebensunterhalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelivelihood
für den Lebensunterhalt aufkommen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die finanziellen Mittel, die nötig sind, um das Leben zu sichern
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 Lebensunterhalt
- Lebensunterhaltes genitive
- Lebensunterhalts genitive
- Lebensunterhalte dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lebensunterhalt?
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌʔʊntɐhalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lebensunterhalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lebensunterhalt in German?
Lebensunterhalt appears 5.1 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).