Lebensraum meaning
Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.
noun
Territory for political and economic expansion.
noun
(in German history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth Centuries) Territories considered appropriate for German annexation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
- (in later usage) A Großdeutschland obtained through Endoeuropean expansion, usually with a focus upon Drang nach Osten, and varying in its scope from the comparatively modest annexation of the Polish Border Strip to overlordship of the European continent by the conquest of Russian lands as far as the Urals.
pronoun
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Origin of lebensraum
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From the German Lebensraum (“living space"), from Lebens (“of life") (the genitive of Leben (“life")) + Raum (“space").
From Wiktionary
- A generalised use of Lebensraum.
From Wiktionary