lebhaft
German, adjective[ˈleːphaft]
lebhaft is spelled L-E-B-H-A-F-T (7 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebhaft is a German adjective meaning “lively, active, buoyant or agile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich angeregt zeigend, voller Interesse und mit der Unterstützung von Mimik und Gestik”.
What does lebhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lively, active, buoyant or agile
- 2
brisk
- 3
allegro
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich angeregt zeigend, voller Interesse und mit der Unterstützung von Mimik und Gestik
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 lebhaft
- lebhafter masculine nominative singular
- am lebhaftesten superlative
- lebhafte feminine nominative singular
- lebhaftes neuter nominative singular
- lebhaften genitive masculine singular
- lebhaftem dative masculine singular
- der lebhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die lebhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das lebhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die lebhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des lebhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der lebhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem lebhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lebhaft?
- [ˈleːphaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lebhaft
- bright
- animated
- lively
- vivid
- vibrant
- vigorous
- brisk
- bubbly
- animate
- breezy
- feisty
- buoyant
- boisterous
- sparky
- mercurial
- frisky
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lebhaft in German?
lebhaft appears 2.4 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).