Etymology

Lebenswelt

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Today it means: The sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world. Full definition →

German Lebenswelt
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  1. German · derived fromLebenswelt
  2. English todayLebenswelt

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

Words from the same roots

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