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Meaning of "Lebensraum" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEBENSRAUM

German, literally: living space.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEBENSRAUM

Lebensraum  [ˈleɪbənzˌraʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEBENSRAUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lebensraum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEBENSRAUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lebensraum

Lebensraum

Lebensraum listen was an important component of Nazi ideology in Germany. The Nazis supported territorial expansionism to gain Lebensraum as being a law of nature for all healthy and vigorous peoples of superior races to displace people of inferior races; especially if the people of a superior race were facing overpopulation in their given territories. The German Nazi Party claimed that Germany inevitably needed to territorially expand because it was facing an overpopulation crisis within its Treaty of Versailles-designed boundaries that Adolf Hitler described: "We are overpopulated and cannot feed ourselves from our own resources". Thus expansion was justified as an inevitable necessity for Germany to pursue in order to end the country's overpopulation within existing confined territory, and provide resources necessary to its people's well-being. The idea of a Germanic people without sufficient space dates back to long before Adolf Hitler brought it to prominence.

Definition of Lebensraum in the English dictionary

The definition of Lebensraum in the dictionary is territory claimed by a nation or state on the grounds that it is necessary for survival or growth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEBENSRAUM


Belgaum
bɛlˈɡaʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEBENSRAUM

Leavis
Leavisite
Leb
Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon Mountains
lebbek
leben
lebkuchen
Leblanc
Lebowa
Lebrun
LEC
lecanora
Lecce

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEBENSRAUM

album
at a premium
Baum
Belgium
Capernaum
cum
datum
dwaum
forum
gaum
glaum
hum
imaum
maximum
medium
meerschaum
minimum
museum
petroleum
platinum

Synonyms and antonyms of Lebensraum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Lebensraum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEBENSRAUM

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The translations of Lebensraum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Lebensraum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生存空间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lebensraum
570 millions of speakers

English

Lebensraum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Lebensraum
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المجال الحيوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Lebensraum
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lebensraum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Lebensraum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Lebensraum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebensraum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebensraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生活圏
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생활권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lebensraum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Lebensraum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயிர்வாழ்விற்கான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेबेन्सरियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lebensraum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lebensraum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lebensraum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Lebensraum
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lebensraum
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Lebensraum
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Lebensraum
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Lebensraum
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Lebensraum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lebensraum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEBENSRAUM»

The term «Lebensraum» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.919 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEBENSRAUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lebensraum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEBENSRAUM»

Discover the use of Lebensraum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lebensraum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Last Living Room of the Lebensraum
In this book side by side you will discover.under the guise of short stories and poetry of Rahman,brigitte arlette:The vitriolic words that separates humankind into belligerent groupsandthe warming language that melts the ice of hate .Read ...
Brigitte Rahman, 2001
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The Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism
The author argues that the imperialist ideology and policies adopted by the Nazis must be seen as the result of a complex evolution of imperialist thinking in Germany which had its roots in the nineteenth century.
Woodruff D. Smith, 1989
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Antarctica and South American geopolitics: frozen lebensraum
The book opens with an introduction to the significance of Antarctica and its resources on the nature of South American geopolitics.
Jack Child, 1988
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Hans Frank: Lebensraum and the Holocaust
"Hans Frank was hanged at Nuremberg in 1946.
Martyn Housden, 2003
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Documents on the History of European Integration: ...
The same is true of the East European peoples, those of the Russian territory who are now to be reintegrated into the European Lebensraum. They too must now adopt a new ethnic and European attitude in accordance with the East European ...
Walter Lipgens, 1985
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Fulfilling the National Destiny at All Costs: Manifest ...
For the United States in the nineteenth century, and Nazi Germany in the twentieth, a belief in a special national destiny and the inferiority of neighboring peoples convinced the Americans and the Germans to pursue expansionist policies.
James Carl Jones, 2007
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Politics and the Sciences of Culture in Germany, 1840-1920
The scale is so cosmic that humankind is hardly mentioned. The central element of the structure is Lebensraum, which is defined as the geographical surface area required to support a species at its current population size. The exact bounds of ...
San Antonio Woodruff D. Smith Professor of History University of Texas, 1991
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Nationalism and Globalisation: Conflicting Or Complementary?
The concept of Mitteleuropa, as a basis for Germanic Lebensraum, soon became associated with the Berlin–Baghdad railroad. Lebensraum in the Middle East was, therefore, early on the agenda (O'Loughlin and van der Wusten, 1990: 3).
Daphne Halikiopoulou, Sofia Vasilopoulou, 2013
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The Holocaust as Colonial Genocide: Hitler's 'Indian Wars' ...
Foreign policy is the art of securing for a people the necessary quantity and quality of Lebensraum. Domestic policy is the art of preserving the commitment of strength – in terms of the people's racial quality and numbers – necessary to do this.
Carroll P. Kakel III, 2013
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Lebensraum: Extermination Camps of the Third Reich
Extermination Camps of the Third Reich Grant Delin, Victor H. Carroll.
Grant Delin, Victor H. Carroll, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEBENSRAUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Lebensraum is used in the context of the following news items.
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German imperialism and the Greek debt crisis | Workers World
This expansion was called “Lebensraum” — room for German capitalism to live in. Hitler's war drive was a continuation of the German ... «Workers World, Jul 15»
2
Füchse in Innenstadt unterwegs
Leerstehende Gebäude, weitläufige Parks und private Gärten bieten dabei vorrangig seinen neuen Lebensraum. Fuchs vor dem Schloss ... «ORF.at, Jul 15»
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Ukraine Unveils Monuments To Recognize Jews Killed In Holocaust
The Nazis also murdered 3 million Ukrainian non-Jews as part of Germany's Lebensraum plan to eradicate Eastern Europeans and repopulate ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Repairing the legacy of the AKP's pan-Islamism
... say the least, to hear Davutoğlu describe the Middle East as Turkey's “inevitable hinterland,” or appeal to his country's need for “Lebensraum. «European Council on Foreign Relations, Jul 15»
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OPINION: SAfxit? How SA economy can lead us to Greece-like slavery
... Maimane reminded his lebensraum-loving interlocutors that South Africa stood only one place above Greece in the corruption perception ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
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John Bird :A Deal for Greece May Have Been Reached, but It Is …
Now Europe provides that lebensraum without the need to militarily control its neighbours. Germany, because of the nature if its recent history, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Hip Shot: Blind Pug Arts Collective Presents: The Theatre of Self …
... satirize theater's pretensions: a Brechtian skit for children in which two friendly lions seek out lebensraum and the extermination of their foes, ... «Washington City Paper, Jul 15»
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Jamie Cullum: Showgeschäft ist kein natürlicher Lebensraum für …
Der britische Singer-Songwriter Jamie Cullum lebt mit seiner Frau, Ex-Model und Autorin Sophie Dahl, und ihren zwei Töchtern zurückgezogen ... «all-in.de - Das Allgäu Online!, Jul 15»
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'KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps,' by Nikolaus …
... empty the east of its citizens for German Lebensraum and cow any resistance through systematic terror. For a dozen years, and with steady ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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German government funds holocaust memorials in Ukraine
The Nazis planned to annihilate half the Ukrainian population to make room for German repopulation part of the Nazi policy of Lebensraum, ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lebensraum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lebensraum>. Apr 2024 ».
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