living

lebendig, lebend

Noch am Leben, also nicht tot.

In einfachem Englisch: Alive, rather than dead.

• Plants are living things.
• The doctor examined the living tissue.
• Every living creature needs a suitable place to survive.

Synonyme: alive

Gegenteile: dead

Häufige Wendungen: living things, living tissue, living creature, living person

lebendig, fortbestehend

Heute noch vorhanden, verwendet oder ausgeübt, etwa eine Sprache oder Tradition.

In einfachem Englisch: Still used, practised, or present today, rather than belonging only to the past.

• It is a living tradition.
• Welsh remains a living language in many communities.
• Nobody in living memory has seen the river this low.

Synonyme: current, surviving

Gegenteile: extinct

Häufige Wendungen: living language, living tradition, living memory

Lebensunterhalt

Arbeit oder Einkommen, womit man die nötigen Dinge zum Leben bezahlt.

In einfachem Englisch: The work or income that pays for the things you need.

• What do you do for a living?
• She makes a living selling flowers.
• He earned a good living as a builder.

So benutzt man es: do something for a living (She repairs bicycles for a living.); earn a living by doing something (He earns a living by teaching music.)

Synonyme: livelihood

Häufige Wendungen: earn a living, for a living, make a living, decent living

Lebenden

Alle Menschen, die noch am Leben sind, als Gruppe betrachtet.

In einfachem Englisch: People who are alive, considered together as a group.

• We must care for the living.
• The dead remain in the memories of the living.
• The rescue team searched for signs of the living.

So benutzt man es: the living (The memorial gives the living a place to remember.)

Synonyme: quick

Gegenteile: the dead

Häufige Wendungen: the living, among the living