English-German translations for in living memory

• seit Menschengedenken
  1998 war das wärmste Jahr seit Menschengedenken. 1998 was the warmest year in living memory.
  Wir haben es dabei mit einigen der gewalttätigsten und verabscheuungswürdigsten Terroranschläge seit Menschengedenken zu tun. These are some of the most violent and reprehensible terrorist acts in living memory.
  In der vorigen Woche wurden mehrere Provinzen Sloweniens von einer schrecklichen Naturkatastrophe heimgesucht, und zwar von der schwersten Überschwemmung seit Menschengedenken. Last week several Slovenian provinces were badly affected by a natural disaster - the worst flooding in living memory.

Definition of in living memory

• In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive

Examples

• The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
• Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.
• Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.

Related words

• within living memory
• living in misery
• living thing
• living being
• living
• living room
• living standard
• living dead
• living organisms