There is no German word for "self-aware"

3 amai 5 5/23/2025, 9:00:07 AM old.reddit.com ↗

Comments (5)

amai · 8h ago
Interestingly Wikipedia links the article of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness

with

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objektive_Selbstaufmerksamkeit

I have never heard anyone using the ladder word.

bonki · 4h 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.
herbst · 7h 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 · 7h ago
We have “selbstreflektiert” which seems to be close enough.
beardyw · 6h ago
Does English have one word for self aware?