Lebewesen
German, noun/ˈleːbəˌveːzən/
Lebewesen is spelled L-E-B-E-W-E-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebewesen is a German neuter noun meaning “organism (any living thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “organisierte genetische Einheiten, die zu Stoffwechsel, Fortpflanzung und Evolution befähigt sind”.
What does Lebewesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterorganism (any living thing)
- 2
neutercreature; an animal or human
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organisierte genetische Einheiten, die zu Stoffwechsel, Fortpflanzung und Evolution befähigt sind
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 Lebewesen
- Lebewesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lebewesen?
- /ˈleːbəˌveːzən/
- [ˈleːbəˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lebewesen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lebewesen in German?
Lebewesen appears 7.4 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).