Geworfenheit

German

Etymology

geworfen +‎ -heit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɔʁfn̩ˌhaɪ̯t/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Geworfenheit f (genitive Geworfenheit, no plural)

  1. (philosophy) thrownness (the Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world)

Declension

Declension of Geworfenheit [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Geworfenheit
genitive einer der Geworfenheit
dative einer der Geworfenheit
accusative eine die Geworfenheit

Descendants

  • → English: thrownness (calque)
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