Lebenswille
[ˈleːbn̩sˌvɪlə]
The verdict
“Lebenswille” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starker innerer Drang, zu leben/am Leben zu bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-lebenswille · Lebenswille · German
Lebenswille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lebenswille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleːbn̩sˌvɪlə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lebenswille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lebenswille is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈleːbn̩sˌvɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "starker innerer Drang, zu leben/am Leben zu bleiben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lebenswille, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Lebenswille, spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-W-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1starker innerer Drang, zu leben/am Leben zu bleiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lebenswille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber auch dieser zerstörerische Gehirnschlag konnte ihrem Lebenswillen nichts anhaben.“
„Hitlers Kampfwille war erloschen, sein Lebenswille auch.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.