Etymograph

English

Nachleben

Nachleben comes from German Nachleben ‘afterlife’, from Leben ‘gerund of leben: living’, and ultimately from Old High German lëbēn.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050lëbēn
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350lëben‘to live’
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentLeben‘gerund of leben: living’
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentNachleben‘afterlife’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050lëbēn
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350lëben‘to live’
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentLeben‘gerund of leben: living’
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentNachleben‘afterlife’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

Earliest quotation: 1996, Schmeling, The Novel in the Ancient World: “For a Nachleben of the Satyrica which has been…”

Every English word from Old High German lëbēn

Today it means

noun 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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old High German lëbēn / Nachleben

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