auskommen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- livelihood noun A means of earning enough to live on, such as a job, trade, or income source.
- subsistence noun Real being; existence.
Senses
auskommen is used for these senses in English:
- livelihood A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]
subsistence — full definition
- noun Real being; existence.
- noun The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
- noun Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
- noun Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.