Lebenswelt

English Etymology From en de Lebenswelt:“‖Lebenswelt” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989] de Leben life + de Welt world. Pronunciation lāʹbənzvĕlt RP approximate, en /ˈleːbənzvɛlt/, Noun - Lebenswelten en chiefly in the _ philosophy _ of Edmund Husserl“life-world, n.” defined under “life, n.”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; June 2009] The sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world. 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, 0199690871) The mind, for the idealist, creates the world we live in, the ‘Lebenswelt’ of our thoughts, imaginings, and perceptions. References German Etymology de :af Leben<t:life> Welt<t:world> From de Leben Welt life world. Pronunciation de [ˈleːbm̩sˌvɛlt] [ˈleːbənsˌvɛlt] de De-Lebenswelt.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Lebenswelt2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f (living) environment Declension f Further reading