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living noun

  /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
  • Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
 Lebensunterhalt
  • A style of life.
 Leben, Lebensstil, Lebensumstände, Lebensweise
  • (uncountable) The state of being alive.
 Lebende, Lebender

living adjective

  /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
  • Having life; alive.
 lebend, Lebens-
  • In use or existing.
 lebend, existent
  • True to life.
 lebensecht

life noun

  /laɪf/ , /læ̙ːf/
  • (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
  • A worthwhile existence.
  • Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
  • The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
  • Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
  • (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
 Leben
  • Animation; spirit; vivacity.
 Leben, Lebensdauer
  • (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
 lebenslänglich

live verb

  /lɪv/
  • (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
 leben, wohnen
  • (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
 überleben, leben

live adjective

  /laɪv/
  • Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
  • (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
 scharf
  • (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
 Live-
  • (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
 lebend

live adverb

  /laɪv/
  • Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
 direkt, live

lively adjective

  /ˈlaɪv.li/
  • Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
 munter, lebhaft, lebendig, rege

liveness

Lebendigkeit
living room
Wohnzimmer, Salon
living fossil
lebendes Fossil, Dauerform
living thing
Lebewesen
cost of living
Lebenshaltungskosten, Kostensteigerung, Verteuerung
standard of living
Lebensstandard
living wage
Armutsgrenze, Existenzminimum, Notbedarf
living space
Lebensraum
living together
Auskommen
living language
lebende Sprache
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