 | English  | German | |
 | defunct {adj} [no longer living, dead] | 504 verstorben <verst.> [geh.] | |
| settled {adj} [living in one place] | 271 sesshaft | |
| viable {adj} [capable of living] | 104 überlebensfähig | |
| biol. med. aberrative {adj} [in development of living tissue] | 24 fehlentwickelt | |
| zool. solitary {adj} [living habitually alone] | 20 solitär | |
| biol. acidophilic {adj} [of living organisms] | 13 säureliebend [nicht fachspr.] [acidophil] | |
| [skill or competency that one can use to earn a living] | etwas, wovon man leben kann | |
| coeval {adj} [living at the same time] | gleichzeitig lebend | |
| partnered {adj} [living in a civil partnership] | verpartnert | |
| bot. zool. rupicoline {adj} [rare] [living on rocks] | auf Felsen wohnend | |
| bot. zool. rupicolous {adj} [living on rocks] | auf Felsen wohnend | |
| separated {adj} [living apart] | getrennt lebend | |
| ecol. stercoricolous {adj} [living in excrement] | stercoricol [in Exkrementen lebend] | |
| ecol. stercoricolous {adj} [living in excrement] | sterkorikol [in Exkrementen lebend] | |
| Verbs |
| to provide sth. [afford] [opportunity, living etc.] | 5617 etw.Akk. anbieten | |
| to earn sth. [money, 50 euros an hour, one's living, etc.] | 5375 etw.Akk. verdienen [Geld, 50 Euro die Stunde, seinen Lebensunterhalt etc.] | |
| to subsist [make a living, live on] | 414 leben | |
| to hustle [sl.] [to earn one's living by illicit means] | Geld ranschaffen [ugs.] [seinen Lebensunterhalt auf illegale Weise bestreiten] | |
| Nouns |
| RealEst. parlor [Am.] [living room] | 697 Wohnzimmer {n} | |
| parlour [Br.] [dated] [living room] | 527 Stube {f} [regional, sonst veraltend] [Wohnzimmer] | |
| parlor [Am.] [dated] [living room] | 205 Stube {f} [regional, sonst veraltend] [Wohnzimmer] | |
| VetMed. vivisection [the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation] | 66 Tierversuch {m} [Eingriff am lebenden Tier zu wissenschaftl. Versuchszwecken] | |
| RealEst. sociol. housing {sg} [living conditions] | 55 Wohnverhältnisse {pl} | |
| living [way of living] | 48 Lebensweise {f} | |
| simplicity [way of living, behaviour] | 47 Bescheidenheit {f} [Lebensweise] | |
| livability [Am.] [suitability for human living] | 36 Lebensqualität {f} [Lebenswert] | |
| living [way of earning one's living] | 32 Broterwerb {m} | |
| stove [to heat a living room] | 30 Stubenofen {m} [veraltet] | |
| circumstances [living conditions] | 27 Lebensverhältnisse {pl} | |
| archi. mews [esp. Br.] [stables with living quarters] | 22 Stallungen {pl} | |
| dreamer [person living in a dream world] | 19 Traumtänzer {m} [pej.] | |
| strains [in living beings] | 19 Strapazen {pl} | |
| law neol. Vorlass [literary, musical or artistic estate of a living person, already placed in a research library, scholarly archive or museum] | 18 Vorlass {m} | |
| archi. RealEst. basement [for living in] | 17 Tiefparterre {n} [Souterrain, zu Wohnzwecken genutzt] | |
| countryman [person living in a rural area] | 17 Landbewohner {m} | |
| sponging [coll.] [living at the expense of others] | 13 Schmarotzerei {f} [ugs.] | |
| mil. naut. tender [living ship] | 13 Beischiff {n} | |
| coaster [person living on a coast] | 12 Küstenbewohner {m} | |
| countrymen {pl} [people living in a rural area] [collectively] | 11 Landbevölkerung {f} | |
| hist. mil. cantonist [Prussian Army before 1813, Prussian people living in a recruiting district and required to serve in the army] | 9 Kantonist {m} | |
| archaeo. hist. Neolithics [people living in the Neolithic Age] | 7 Neolithiker {pl} | |
| ethn. hist. [ethnic Germans living abroad] | 6 Volksdeutsche {pl} | |
| [a female Austrian living abroad] | Auslandsösterreicherin {f} | |
| geogr. [a female from or living in the Grisons] | Bünderin {f} | |
| geogr. [a male from or living in the Grisons] | Bündner {m} | |
| [a West German who has been living in Eastern Germany for at least three years] | Wossi {m} [ugs.] | |
| [Austrian living abroad] | Auslandsösterreicher {m} | |
| [Austrians living abroad] | Auslandsösterreicher {pl} | |
| [ethnic Germans living in Russia] | Russlanddeutsche {pl} | |
| hist. [ethnic Germans living in the German Reich] | Reichsdeutsche {pl} | |
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