English Dictionary

Lebensraum

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈleːbənsˌɹaʊm/

固有名詞

近現代ドイツ史 初期用法 ナチズム 後期用法

(in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.

日本語の意味

初期の用例においては、英国やフランスなどの現代勢力を模倣して、海外植民地の形態をもつ帝国、またはその支配体制を指す

Historians note that 19th-century politicians sometimes referred to their desired Lebensraum, an overseas colonial empire modeled on Britain and France.

歴史家は、19世紀の政治家たちがしばしば自ら望んだ海外植民帝国をイギリスやフランスを模したものとして言及していたと指摘している。

意味（1）

(in early usage) an empire in the form of overseas colonies, in imitation of contemporary powers such as Britain and France.

意味（2）

(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.

The title of this article evokes memories of the beginning of World War II and reveals one method dictators use to increase their power. In China’s case, Xi Jinping’s Anschluss of Hong Kong in June 2020 fits nicely with the way Hitler began his initial European expansion strategy, called Lebensraum (living space). In Zweites Buch, Hitler said that to dominate the world, Germany must expand its borders and areas it controls. The first way to start achieving Lebensraum would be through Anschluss — the unification of Austria and Germany. Further, he envisioned an expansion that would include Poland, Czechoslovakia, the rest of Europe and Russia.