See also: nachleben

English

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Etymology

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German Nachleben (afterlife).

Noun

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Nachleben (plural not attested)

  1. The "afterlife" or "post-life" of an author, work, culture, etc, in the sense of the author's posthumous published work or reputation, the culture's influence, etc.
    • 1996, Schmeling, The Novel in the Ancient World, BRILL, →ISBN, page 488:
      For a Nachleben of the Satyrica which has been potent for many centuries we must look first to writers in Italy and France: []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nachleben.

German

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Etymology

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nach- +‎ Leben

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːxˌleːbən/
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Noun

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Nachleben n (strong, genitive Nachlebens, plural Nachleben)

  1. (chiefly in the singular) afterlife, Nachleben
    • 2022 January 9, Ulrich Gutmair, “Der „Spiegel“ verklärt eigene Geschichte: Nicht sagen, was war”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Wer sich für deutsche Nachkriegsgeschichte und das Nachleben des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik interessiert, weiß, dass dem nicht so ist.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Nachleben” in Duden online
  • Nachleben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache