Menschenleben
German, noun[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːbn̩]
Menschenleben is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-L-E-B-E-N (13 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenleben is a German neuter noun meaning “lifespan, lifetime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Dauer des Lebens eines Menschen”.
What does Menschenleben mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlifespan, lifetime
- 2
neutera (live) human individual
- 3
neuterhuman life
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Dauer des Lebens eines Menschen 2. ein (lebendes) menschliches Individuum 3. die Umstände der menschliche Existenz in seiner Gesamtheit
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 Menschenleben
- Menschenlebens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenleben?
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌleːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Menschenleben in German?
Menschenleben appears 5.4 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).