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There is no German word for "self-aware"

4 points by amai 1y ago

amai 1y ago
Interestingly Wikipedia links the article of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness with https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objektive_Selbstaufmerksamkeit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objektive_Selbstaufmerksamkeit I have never heard anyone using the ladder word.
herbst 1y ago
It's a context thing. When I say selbstbewusst it can very well have the meaning of self-aware and also would be perceived as that.
Tomte 1y ago
We have “selbstreflektiert” which seems to be close enough.
beardyw 1y ago
Does English have one word for self aware?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
  Yes: self-aware.
  - beardyw 1y ago
    There's one word for that: not-sure-I-agree.
    - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
      Now you’re thinking with hyphens!
bonki 1y ago
What's wrong with "selbstwahrnehmend"? It's literally (pun slightly intended) a literal translation of "self-aware" and doesn't have the ambiguity that "selbstbewusst" comes with.
rini17 1y ago
I ran into similar issue with compassion. In English it is "a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves" In German and Slovak (my first language) and presumably others, it is usually translated into kind of remorseful feeling NOT directly related to the motivation to go out of one's way. And it just can't be explained and it drives me crazy recently.
- bonki 1y ago
  What's your problem with "Mitgefühl"?
  - pchangr 1y ago
    That is closer to “empathy” than compassion. Compassion has no reason other recognizing the other person as “human”. “Mitgefühl” seems closer to understanding how the other person feels and therefore acting on it.. empathy. Perhaps you could think of similar to the concept of “charity”. Doing beneficial things to others.. just because.
    - bonki 1y ago
      I dare to disagree. Empathy would be Empathie or Einfühlungsvermögen. Mitgefühl is not empathy and a common translation for compassion.
      - rini17 1y ago
        Found articles like one below, seems you're right! https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht/38818-mitgefuehl.html https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht...

4 points by amai 1y ago

amai 1y ago

Interestingly Wikipedia links the article of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness with https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objektive_Selbstaufmerksamkeit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objektive_Selbstaufmerksamkeit I have never heard anyone using the ladder word.

herbst 1y ago

It's a context thing. When I say selbstbewusst it can very well have the meaning of self-aware and also would be perceived as that.

Tomte 1y ago

We have “selbstreflektiert” which seems to be close enough.

beardyw 1y ago

Does English have one word for self aware?

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
Yes: self-aware.
- beardyw 1y ago
  There's one word for that: not-sure-I-agree.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
    Now you’re thinking with hyphens!

bonki 1y ago

What's wrong with "selbstwahrnehmend"? It's literally (pun slightly intended) a literal translation of "self-aware" and doesn't have the ambiguity that "selbstbewusst" comes with.

rini17 1y ago

I ran into similar issue with compassion. In English it is "a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves" In German and Slovak (my first language) and presumably others, it is usually translated into kind of remorseful feeling NOT directly related to the motivation to go out of one's way. And it just can't be explained and it drives me crazy recently.

bonki 1y ago
What's your problem with "Mitgefühl"?
- pchangr 1y ago
  That is closer to “empathy” than compassion. Compassion has no reason other recognizing the other person as “human”. “Mitgefühl” seems closer to understanding how the other person feels and therefore acting on it.. empathy. Perhaps you could think of similar to the concept of “charity”. Doing beneficial things to others.. just because.
  - bonki 1y ago
    I dare to disagree. Empathy would be Empathie or Einfühlungsvermögen. Mitgefühl is not empathy and a common translation for compassion.
    - rini17 1y ago
      Found articles like one below, seems you're right! https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht/38818-mitgefuehl.html https://www.psychologie-heute.de/leben/artikel-detailansicht...