nachleben
German, verb
nachleben is spelled N-A-C-H-L-E-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachleben is a German verb meaning “to follow (to live one's life according to a role model or someone's teachings, or one's own calling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nachleben is a different word: “afterlife, Nachleben”.
What does nachleben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to follow (to live one's life according to a role model or someone's teachings, or one's own calling)
Sie leben ihrem Vorbild nach.
noun
- 1
neuterafterlife, Nachleben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nachwirkung, Bedeutsamkeit nach dem Tod, nach der Blütezeit
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 nachleben
- lebt nach present singular third-person
- lebte nach past
- nachgelebt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nachlebend participle present
- nachzuleben infinitive infinitive-zu
- lebe nach first-person indicative present
- leben nach first-person indicative plural
- lebst nach indicative present second-person
- lebest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- lebet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- lebten nach first-person indicative plural
- lebtest nach indicative preterite second-person
- lebtet nach indicative plural preterite
- Nachlebens genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nachleben in German?
nachleben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).