Lebenswelt

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Lebenswelt:[1] Leben (“life”) + Welt (“world”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Lebenswelt (usually uncountable, plural Lebenswelten)

  1. (chiefly in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl)[2] The sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world.[1][2]
    • 1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A compelling introduction to philosophy, chapter 7: The World, section 7: The Eye of the Beholder, page 260 (Oxford University Press, paperback, →ISBN
      The mind, for the idealist, creates the world we live in, the ‘Lebenswelt’ of our thoughts, imaginings, and perceptions.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “‖Lebenswelt” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “life-world, n.” defined under “life, n.”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; June 2009]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Leben (“life”) +‎ Welt (“world”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈleːbm̩sˌvɛlt], [ˈleːbənsˌvɛlt]
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Noun[edit]

Lebenswelt f (genitive Lebenswelt, plural Lebenswelten)

  1. (living) environment

Declension[edit]

Declension of Lebenswelt [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lebenswelt die Lebenswelten
genitive einer der Lebenswelt der Lebenswelten
dative einer der Lebenswelt den Lebenswelten
accusative eine die Lebenswelt die Lebenswelten

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