Traumarbeit

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German

Etymology

Traum (dream) +‎ Arbeit (work)

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Noun

Traumarbeit f (genitive Traumarbeit, no plural)

  1. (psychoanalysis) dreaming, dream process
    Coordinate term: Trauerarbeit
    • 1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams]‎, 4th edition, Leipzig, Wien: Franz Deuticke:
      Der Traum, den wir beim Erwachen erinnern, wäre dann bloß ein Rest der gesamten Traumarbeit, welche wohl den Traumgedanken an Umfang gleichkäme, wenn wir sie eben vollständig erinnern könnten.
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