Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Aufgehobensein
English translation:
a sense of belonging to a greater whole
Added to glossary by
Tegan Raleigh
Nov 2, 2005 22:26
18 yrs ago
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German term
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
Aufgehobensein
German to English
Social Sciences
Psychology
Ich schrieb meinen Namen in den Sand- eine Szene, die mir noch sehr praesent ist- sah ihn mir an und empfand mich als etwas ganz Eigenes. Ich stand mir gegenueber. Es war wie ein kurzer grandioser Rausch, ein immens intensives Erlebnis von Unabhanegigkeit, ohne jede Angst... Es war ein Sprung, ein Aha-Erlebnis, ein Gefuehl von Fuelle und Ganzheit, ein Gefuehl des AUFGEHOBENSEINS im grossen Ganzen, das ich als mich tragend empfand, ein Empfinden, wie ich es danach kaum mehr erlebte.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +5 | a sense of belonging to a greater whole |
NGK
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| 3 +4 | being in safe hands |
Lancashireman
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| 4 | belongingness |
Pieter Unema, PhD
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| 3 +1 | a feeling of being embraced |
Mary McCusker
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| 3 | a sense of being a part of it all |
Fantutti (X)
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| 2 | being accommodated |
Francis Lee (X)
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Proposed translations
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3 mins
German term (edited):
ein Gefuehl des AUFGEHOBENSEINS im grossen Ganzen
Selected
a sense of belonging to a greater whole
Peer comment(s):
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Brie Vernier
: I like that, too
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Trudy Peters
: beautiful!
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Ulrike Kraemer
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IanW (X)
: Very nice
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franglish
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you!"
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10 mins
being in safe hands
A sense of being in safe hands
A feeling of being in safe hands
A sense of being in good hands
A feeling of being in safe hands
‘gut aufgehoben’ = ‘in safe hands’
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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2005-11-02 23:44:01 GMT)
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Gemeinsam helfen schafft Zukunft! Viele Menschen mit demselben Anliegen geben Kindern eine faire Chance und das Gefühl von Aufgehobensein.
http://www.sos-kinderdorf.at/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/retrieve.do?fn=...
to be in good hands = gut aufgehoben sein
http://dict.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=rel...
A feeling of being in safe hands
A sense of being in good hands
A feeling of being in safe hands
‘gut aufgehoben’ = ‘in safe hands’
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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2005-11-02 23:44:01 GMT)
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Gemeinsam helfen schafft Zukunft! Viele Menschen mit demselben Anliegen geben Kindern eine faire Chance und das Gefühl von Aufgehobensein.
http://www.sos-kinderdorf.at/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/retrieve.do?fn=...
to be in good hands = gut aufgehoben sein
http://dict.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=rel...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Stephen Sadie
: I slightly prefer "to be in good hands"
6 hrs
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| agree |
IanW (X)
: My favourite is "A sense of being in safe hands"
9 hrs
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Ken Cox
: 'In good hands' should be avoided for a US audience, because 'You're in good hands with Allstate' is a very well-known slogan of an insurance company.// It's not patented, but it might call up the wrong associations.
13 hrs
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'In good hands' patented in the US? Not one of your most cogently argued neutrals, Ken.
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Herbert2
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| agree |
Ellen Zittinger
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1 hr
Pieter Unema, PhD
Specializes in field
18 yrs of academic work in NL, D & USA
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: English to Dutch, German to Dutch
belongingness
Mir scheint, die Ich-figur im Text empfindet einen "peak-experience" (Maslow). Maslow's Begriff für das Aufgehobensein ist m.E. Belongingness.
Peer comment(s):
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Johanna Timm, PhD
: das ist wohl eher das Zugehörigkeitsgefühl.seminar-albstadt.de/bereiche/paedidll/paed/motiva.pdf
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+1
3 hrs
Mary McCusker
Native in English
Works in field
Excellence combined with speed
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Dutch to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
a feeling of being embraced
this sounds like quite a 'physical' feeling - 'das ich als tragend empfand' could then be the feeling of being supported, or even 'borne aloft', depending on how poetic the tone is meant to be
Peer comment(s):
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Kieran McCann
: exactly: there is a physical sense of being taken up and received here, and a sense of movement, neither of which is captured by the static 'belonging(ness)'
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thanks - glad you got this same 'sensation'
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3 hrs
a sense of being a part of it all
or: a sense of being in harmony with it all
or even: a sense of being one with it all.
Just a few ideas re the moment of bliss.
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Note added at 3 hrs 42 mins (2005-11-03 02:08:54 GMT)
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Sorry, should read 'being part of it all'.
or even: a sense of being one with it all.
Just a few ideas re the moment of bliss.
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Note added at 3 hrs 42 mins (2005-11-03 02:08:54 GMT)
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Sorry, should read 'being part of it all'.
8 hrs
being accommodated
i.e. a feeling/sense of being accommodated
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