Existenz

/ɛksɪsˈtɛnts/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Existenzen

Meaning

  1. existence

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Dasein

Dasein is more philosophical, existential — Heidegger's famous term; Existenz is the more everyday word for existence, also used for a livelihood, as in "eine Existenz aufbauen."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

existencia

existencia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "existence."

Portuguese

existência

existência is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "existence."

Practice

1 What does Existenz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er bezweifelt ihre ___.

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