afterlife

Leben nach dem Tod

Ein Leben, das nach dem Glauben mancher Menschen nach dem Tod weitergeht.

In einfachem Englisch: A life that some people believe continues after a person dies.

• Do you believe in an afterlife?
• Her faith promised a peaceful afterlife.
• Different religions describe the afterlife in different ways.

Synonyme: life after death

Häufige Wendungen: an eternal afterlife, life and afterlife, believe in the afterlife

Jenseits

Der Ort, an dem Verstorbene nach dem Glauben mancher Menschen weiterleben.

In einfachem Englisch: The place where some people believe those who have died go to live.

• She hoped to meet him in the afterlife.
• The story follows a soul into the afterlife.
• They left gifts to help the dead reach the afterlife.

Synonyme: next world, hereafter

Häufige Wendungen: in the afterlife, enter the afterlife, reach the afterlife

Nachwirkung, Nachruhm

Der anhaltende Einfluss der Arbeit oder des Rufs einer Person nach ihrem Tod.

In einfachem Englisch: The continuing effect of someone's work or reputation after they die.

• The poet enjoyed a long literary afterlife.
• Her afterlife rests on the schools she founded.
• His reputation had a troubled afterlife as new evidence emerged.

Synonyme: legacy, posthumous influence

Häufige Wendungen: literary afterlife, posthumous afterlife, afterlife of someone

späteres Leben

Der spätere Abschnitt eines Lebens nach einem wichtigen Ereignis oder einer abgeschlossenen Lebensphase.

In einfachem Englisch: The later part of someone's life, after an important event or period has ended.

• Retirement offered him a quiet afterlife.
• She described her years after divorce as a new afterlife.
• His political career ended, but his afterlife as a writer flourished.

Synonyme: later life

Häufige Wendungen: afterlife of retirement, a peaceful afterlife