German Philosophy Vocab-Karteikarten

Absicht

intention

Aktion

action

allegemein

universal; general

anerkennen

to recognize; to acknowledge

Anschauung

intuition; perception

Ansehen

authority (by reputation)

an sich

in itself, in themselves; implicitly; inherently

Ansichsein

being-in-itself

Arbeit

work; labour

auffassen

to apprehend; to interpret

aufheben

to supersede; to cancel; to annul; to dissolve; to overcome

Ausbildung

training; development; construction

Autorität

authority

Bedeutung

significance; meaning

Bedürfnis

need

begreifen

to comprehend; to conceive

Begriff

concept

bei sich

with itself; with themselves

Belieben

caprice; discretion; preference

Benutzung

use; employment

berechtigt

entitled, authorized; legally recognized

Berechtigung

justification; entitlement; authority; legal recognition; right

beschleißen

to resolve

beschränkt

limited; circumscribed

Beschränkung

limitation; restriction

Besitz

possession(s)

besonder

particular; special

Besonderheit

particularity

bestehen

to subsist; to (continue to) exist; to survive; to consist

Bestehen

subsistence; (lasting or continued) existence; survival

bestimmen

to determine

bestimmt

determinate; specific; definite

Bestimmtheit

determinacy; determinateness; determinate character

Bestimmung

determination; specification; definition; destiny; vocation; purpose; function; role; factor

Beweggrund, Bewegungsgrund

motivation

Bewußtein

consciousness

Beziehung

reference; relation(ship); relevance

Bildung

education; culture; development; formation

Boden

soil, land; ground, basis; sphere; element

böse

evil [adjective]

Böse

evil

Bürger

citizen

bürgerlich

civil

darstellen

to portray; to depict; to (re)present; to display

Darstellung

description; presentation; expression

Dasein

existence

Definition

definition

Differenz

difference

Ding

thing

Ehre

honour; dignity

eigen

own; inherent; personal; unique

eigentlich

proper [usually after noun]; properly; in fact

Eigentum

property; ownership

eigentümlich

distinct(ive); distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar; proper [usually before a noun]

Einfall

fancy; notion; insight; (good) idea

eingehüllt

[past participle of einhüllen] invisible; latent

einhüllen

to veil

Einteilung

classification; subdivision(s); division

Einzelheit

detail; individuality; individual characteristic; individual unity

einzeln

individual; single; occasional

(der) Einzelne

individual

eitel

vain

Eitelkeit

vanity; emptiness

Element

element

Empfindung

sensation; feeling

entäußern

to alienate; to dispose of

Entfalten, Entfaltung

development; unfolding

entschleißen

[reflexive verb] to decide

Entwicklung

development

Entzweiung

division [as in splitting asunder or into two opposing parts]

erfassen

to grasp; to comprehend

erkennen

to recognize; to know

Erkennen; Erkenntnis

cognition; recognition; knowledge

erscheinen

to appear; to seem

Erscheinung

appearance; phenomenon

Erziehung

upbringing; education

Existenz

existence

existieren

to exist

Faktum

fact

falsch

false

Familienrecht

family law

fassen

to grasp; to apprehend; to understand

fordern

to require; to demand

Forderung

requirement; demand

Form

form

formal, formell, förmlich

formal

für sich

for itself, for themselves; in itself, in themselves; independently; on its own, on their own

Fürsichsein

being-for-itself

Fürst

sovereign; (sovereign) prince; ruler

Gattung

genus; generic character; species

Gebeit

province; realm

gebildet

educated; cultivated; refined; civilized

Gebot

precept; commandment

Gebrauch

use

gediegen

unalloyed; undifferentiated; sound

Gefühl

feeling

Gegensatz

antithesis; opposite; opposition; discrepancy

Gegenstand

subject; matter; object

gegenständlich

objective

Gegenteil

opposite; (the) contrary