Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Additional territory deemed necessary to a nation, especially Nazi Germany, for its continued existence or economic well-being.
- n. Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- A generalised use of Lebensraum. (Wiktionary)
- German : Lebens, genitive sing. of Leben, life (from Middle High German, from Old High German lebēn; see leip- in Indo-European roots) + Raum, space (from Middle High German roum, from Old High German rūm; see reuə- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Also much of the value of the notion of lebensraum is also perfectly in evidence here; i.e. the most fervent supporters of the empire or reich being made wealthy in foreign lands, thus rewarding and encouraging such subservience of the individual will to the geater will, all the avaliable host British territory already of course carved up.”
“Then there was one of Max's German commands; "lebensraum" or something similarly linked to the Nazis, which Mr. Justice Eady apparently ruled was indistinct on the tape recording.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“He gave us at the end a definition of "lebensraum", the objective of Hitlerism at this hour.”
“As the chosen people they consider themselves superior to others and therefore do not have to justify their actions of murder and ethnic cleansing to anybody, Their rationale is the same as that of Hitler in justifying his policy directions under the heading of 'lebensraum'.”
“If "lebensraum" was to be carried out, Hitler needed the population to fill the spaces gained in the eastern Europe.”
“The archives posted 281 documents showing the Norwegian "lebensraum" ambitions, out of a total of around 5,000 World War II documents published in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Norway on April 09.”
“The Judaic Republic of Israel regrets the necessity of seeking "lebensraum" in areas that had been infected with Palestinians, some for a thousand years or longer.”
“Chinese ethnocentrism may soon be an ethnocentrism in action, as China, with its huge population, seeks "lebensraum" in Africa.”
“Meanwhile in comments likely to inflame Chinese opinion, Japan's conservative former prime minister Shinzo Abe accused China of following a modern-day policy of "lebensraum" with its growing assertiveness over disputed territories.”
“Except, of course, it's "little Israel," already armed with some 200 nuclear weapons, which exercises its "lebensraum" delusions on the Palestinians, who must be extirpated to make way for the master race.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lebensraum’.
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
orecchiette, rhabdomancy, guayabera, orthoepy, opisthenar, maguey, proem, ciabatta, cioppino, banns, concinnity, asthenia and 237 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Tricky Words from German
Loanwords from German -- some established, some wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
Torschlusspanik, Fräulein, weltanschauung, Weltschmerz, sprachgefühl, schadenfreude, katzenjammer, Radfahrer, gemütlich, zeitgeist, gesellschaft, gemeinschaft and 48 more...
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spread out, spacious words of spe
words pertaining to the root spe- (hope) with some allegorical liberties.
paten, pan, pass, patent, petal, expand, repand, passacaglia, passe, paseo, paella, spawn and 150 more...
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Favorites
machiavellian, mercurial, deus ex machina, synecdoche, litotes, phallic, freudian, metonymy, chrestomathy, falsifiable, gestalt, truthiness and 211 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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kenspeckle's Words
kenspeckle, milquetoast, effluvium, kaboom, maelstrom, ennui, alpenglow, defenestration, schadenfreude, autochthonous, obstreperous, lachrymose and 124 more...
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Liberal Fascism
Words gathered while reading Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
de rigueur, palingenetic, christianist, himmleresque, invidious, bismarckian, divinize, granitelike, deweyan, fons et origo, kulak, numinousness and 107 more...
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words from the German
kindergarten, sturm und drang, schadenfreude, zeppelin, blitzkreig, blitz, krieg, panzer, angst, nazi, zeitgeist, doppelganger and 107 more...
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gleaned words
found words, that haven't found their proper place yet.
juggernaut, panopticon, superfluous, verfremdung, aleatory, googlewhack, palimpsest, petrosomatoglyph, epibiont, solipsism, zugzwang, ubiquitous and 500 more...
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Kraut Rocks.
abseil, achtung, angst, blitzkrieg, dreck, eigenwert, hinterland, kindergarten, lebensraum, noodle, poltergeist, rucksack and 11 more...
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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Loanwords of German origin, so-called 'untranslatable' words, compound words, slang, and words which I (dis)like immensely.
verarschen, blitz, rucksack, hinterland, kindergarten, weltanschauung, treppenwitz, drachenfutter, torschlusspanik, katzenjammer, gedankenexperiment, frauenzimmer and 66 more...
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MTSI Word of the Day
Word of the Day by Kevin, fREW, and Wes
bezoar, epiphenomenon, quine, conurbation, anoesis, bildungsroman, copacetic, nosocomial, a priori, petrichor, gnosticgnomial, meme and 76 more...
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Words That I Just Like
lagniappe, aposiopesis, o'ertake, polycephaly, Ouroboros, demiurge, fey, diaphanous, mizzenmast, uropygium, estuary, languor and 38 more...
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wörter und wortschöpfungen
schnittstelle, vulkankaninchen, selbstanspruch, wunschzustand, berghain, zartbitter, frühlingsgefühle, dialogfetzen, selbstreferentiell, aphorismus, lakonisch, gedankensplitter and 62 more...
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Zee Germans
(from Snatch):
Turkish: Fuck me, hold tight. What's that?
Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
Turkish: No, Tommy. There's a gun in your trousers. What's a gun doing in your trousers?...gesiebeautomat, schadenfreude, verboten, weltschmerz, blitzkrieg, ansatz, farkakte, beergarden, alpenglow, angst, anschluss, autobahn and 53 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lebensraum.
misterpolly Depends on the individual. My Weltanschauung does not envisage annexing Poland etc. Dec 27, 2007
oroboros An integral component of Weltanschauung. Aug 16, 2007