Lebenswelt

English edit

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

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: lāʹbənzvĕlt (approximate), IPA^(key): /ˈleːbənzvɛlt/,^[1]

Lebenswelt (usually uncountable, plural Lebenswelten)

(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.

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

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

Lebenswelt f (genitive Lebenswelt, plural Lebenswelten)

Declension of Lebenswelt [feminine]