sein Leben lassen
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The verdict
“sein Leben lassen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufhören zu leben; sterben
Corpus desk
Index DE-sein-leben-lassen · sein Leben lassen · German
sein Leben lassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sein Leben lassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sein Leben lassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sein Leben lassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufhören zu leben; sterben".
sein Leben lassen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sein Leben lassen, spelled S-E-I-N- -L-E-B-E-N- -L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1aufhören zu leben; sterben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sein Leben lassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach dem gerichtlichen Brimborium, das einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen würde, würde Felix Bocchicchio auf dem elektrischen Stuhl sein Leben lassen müssen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.