nachleben

See also: Nachleben

English

Etymology

German Nachleben (afterlife)

Noun

nachleben (plural not attested)

  1. The afterlife of an author, in the sense of their posthumous published work, reputation, etc.
    • 2012, George G. Shuffleton, The Chaucer Review, Vol. 47, No 1, page 1
      Despite the recent appearance of several excellent studies of Chaucer's nachleben over the last two centuries []

German

Verb

nachleben (third-person singular simple present lebt nach, past tense lebte nach, past participle nachgelebt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to follow (to live one's life according to a role model or someone's teachings, or one's own calling)
    Sie leben ihrem Vorbild nach.
    They follow their role model.

Conjugation

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