Lebensraum definition

lābəns-roum

Adequate space in which to live, develop, or function.

noun

Territory for political and economic expansion.

noun

(chiefly with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space" claimed as one's rightful domain.

noun

Mensurable.

anagrams

(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 early usage) An empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.
(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.

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Singular:

lebensraum

Plural:

lebensrume

Origin of lebensraum

German Lebens genitive sing. of Leben life (from Middle High German) (from Old High German lebēn leip- in Indo-European roots) Raum space (from Middle High German roum) (from Old High German rūm reuə- in Indo-European roots)

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").

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Lebensraum definition

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Origin of lebensraum

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