lebensraum

Alternative forms

 * Often spelt with an initial capital, following German orthography in capitalising common nouns.

Etymology
A generalised use of.

Noun

 * 1)  Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.
 * 2) * 2010 (March 24th, 4:00pm): Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” reviewed by Zero Punctuation, 2:48–3:05
 * Even when there aren’t any explosions going on, when you’re scanning a distant compound with your sniper rifle, trying to decide which soldier would be the best one to kill first, before every enemy in a two-mile radius deduces your exact position like a vodka-drinking sextant, everything from a certain distance disappears into this weird glowing haze, like the Russians are occupying the surface of Mercury — which is beyond even the most liberal interpretation of lebensraum.
 * Even when there aren’t any explosions going on, when you’re scanning a distant compound with your sniper rifle, trying to decide which soldier would be the best one to kill first, before every enemy in a two-mile radius deduces your exact position like a vodka-drinking sextant, everything from a certain distance disappears into this weird glowing haze, like the Russians are occupying the surface of Mercury — which is beyond even the most liberal interpretation of lebensraum.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 生存空間
 * Czech: životní prostor
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: eluruum
 * Finnish:
 * French: espace vital
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lífsrými
 * Italian: spazio vitale
 * Polish: przestrzeń życiowa
 * Portuguese: Lebensraum
 * Russian: жи́зненное простра́нство,
 * Swedish: