female life partner
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female life partner
The female partner with whom a person lives in a committed, marriage-like relationship without being married.
Er kam in Begleitung seiner Lebensgefährtin zur Feier.
He came to the celebration accompanied by his female life partner.
The word is made up of 'Leben' (life) and 'Gefährtin' (female companion). A 'Gefährtin' is a female companion. So a 'Lebensgefährtin' is literally a 'companion through life'.
Sie ist nicht nur seine Partnerin, sondern eine echte Lebensgefährtin.
She is not only his partner, but a true female life partner.
This term is often used to clearly describe a committed but unmarried partnership. It sounds more official and more binding than 'Freundin' (girlfriend).
Auf dem offiziellen Formular trug er sie als seine Lebensgefährtin ein.
On the official form, he entered her as his female life partner.
The word is almost always used with a possessive pronoun such as 'meine' (my), 'seine' (his), or 'ihre' (her/their), in order to make the connection and relationship to a person clear.
Der Minister dankte seiner Lebensgefährtin für die jahrelange Unterstützung.
The minister thanked his female life partner for her many years of support.
girlfriend / female friend
Freundin and Lebensgefährtin can both refer to a romantic female partner. Lebensgefährtin, however, emphasizes a committed, marriage-like relationship with a shared household and sounds more formal. Freundin also works for a relationship in which the couple does not live together and remains the more usual term in everyday speech.
Lena ist meine Lebensgefährtin, und wir führen seit Jahren einen gemeinsamen Haushalt.
Lena is my life partner, and we have been sharing a household for years.
Lena ist meine Freundin, aber wir wohnen noch in verschiedenen Städten.
Lena is my girlfriend, but we still live in different cities.
