Lebenszweck
German, noun[ˈleːbn̩sˌt͡svɛk]
Lebenszweck is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-Z-W-E-C-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebenszweck is a German masculine noun meaning “mission, life purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sinn des Daseins, Ziel oder Nutzen des ganzen Lebens”.
What does Lebenszweck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemission, life purpose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sinn des Daseins, Ziel oder Nutzen des ganzen Lebens
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 Lebenszweck
- Lebenszweckes genitive
- Lebenszwecks genitive
- Lebenszwecke plural
- Lebenszwecken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lebenszweck?
- [ˈleːbn̩sˌt͡svɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lebenszweck in German?
Lebenszweck appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).