Polyglot Dictionary

lebendig

/leˈbɛndɪç/

adjective A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. alive, lively

    Close to lebend, but lebendig is more common in everyday speech and can also mean "lively/animated," not just biologically alive.

    • Sie ist eine sehr lebendige Person.

      She's a very lively person.

Similar words

lebend

lebend is a more technical/attributive word for "living" (a living being); lebendig is the everyday word, also meaning "lively" in character.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

vivaz

Close — lively relates to alive, lively (lebendig).

English

vital

lebendig means alive and full of life, overlapping with vital's sense of being essential to life and full of energy.

Spanish

animado

Spanish animado (lively) and German lebendig both directly mean full of life.

Practice

1 What does lebendig mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches lebendig?

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