Lebenswelt

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  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

Etymology

From Leben (“life”) +‎ Welt (“world”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Lebenswelt f (genitive Lebenswelt, plural Lebenswelten)

  1. (living) environment

Declension

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Further reading

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