Definitions from Wiktionary (Lebensraum)
▸ noun: (in German history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth Centuries) Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
▸ noun: (in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.
▸ noun: (in later usage, Nazism) 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.
▸ noun: (chiefly with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.
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▸ noun: (in German history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth Centuries) Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:
▸ noun: (in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.
▸ noun: (in later usage, Nazism) 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.
▸ noun: (chiefly with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.
▸ Also see lebensraum
▸ Words similar to lebensraums
▸ Usage examples for lebensraums
▸ Idioms related to lebensraums
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing lebensraums
▸ Words that often appear near lebensraums
▸ Rhymes of lebensraums
▸ Invented words related to lebensraums