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lebend

living

adjective LAY-bent Less Common
Animals & Nature Environment

Origin: present participle of leben ('to live')

Also means

alive

Usage Note

lebend is the present participle of leben and means 'living' as a physical state, as in lebende Tiere ('live animals'). Distinguish it from lebendig ('lively, vivid') and lebhaft ('animated'). The opposite is tot ('dead').

Examples

"Sie fingen den Fisch lebend."

Natural Translation

They caught the fish alive.

Literal Translation

They caught the fish living.

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