to be reborn / to rebirth
Loading your saved state.
to be reborn
In a religious or spiritual sense, to experience a profound inner renewal. The participle form 'wiedergeboren' (reborn) is usually used.
Nach seiner spirituellen Reise fühlte er sich wie wiedergeboren.
After his spiritual journey, he felt as if he had been reborn.
to rebirth
In an elevated, poetic, or mythological context, to bring something into the world again or create it anew.
Die Legende besagt, dass die Göttin des Frühlings die Natur jedes Jahr wiedergebiert.
Legend says that the goddess of spring rebirths nature every year.
The verb is made up of 'wieder' (again) and 'gebären' (to give birth). The literal meaning is therefore 'to bring into the world again' or 'to be born again'.
Der Mythos erzählt von einem Helden, der aus dem Feuer wiedergeboren wird.
The myth tells of a hero who is reborn from the fire.
The verb 'wiedergebären' (to be reborn/to rebirth) is almost never conjugated in everyday language. Much more common is the past participle 'wiedergeboren' (reborn), which is used like an adjective, especially in the expression 'sich wie wiedergeboren fühlen' (to feel like a new person / to feel reborn).
Nach einer langen Massage fühle ich mich wie wiedergeboren.
After a long massage, I feel like a new person.
This word belongs to a very elevated, poetic, or religious style of language. Outside the fixed expression 'sich wie wiedergeboren fühlen' (to feel like a new person / to feel reborn), it is hardly used in everyday speech.
In dem Gedicht wird die Natur im Frühling als wiedergeboren beschrieben.
In the poem, nature in spring is described as reborn.
