wekdroom

English translation: dream incorporation awakening the sleeper

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Dutch term or phrase:wekdroom
English translation:dream incorporation awakening the sleeper
Entered by: Michael Beijer

00:00 Nov 1, 2014
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Science - Psychology / psychoanalyse
Dutch term or phrase: wekdroom
Freud haalt in de Traumdeutung drie wekdromen aan van een Duitse theoloog, ene Hildebrandt. Ze hadden alle drie dezelfde oorzaak, zijn wekker. De eerste droom was een lang verhaal over een wandeling die eindigde met het indringende gebeier van een kerkklok die de vroegmis aankondigde. De tweede droom, zeker zo lang, ging over de schijnbaar eindeloze voorbereidingen op een rit met de arrenslee. Toen het eindelijk zo ver was, deken om, voeten in een warme zak, de slee vertrok, begonnen vlak bij zijn oor de bellen van de slee te rinkelen.
burak sengir
Türkiye
Local time: 05:46
dream incorporation awakening the sleeper
Explanation:
There is no English term for this phenomenon yet, so I propose: "dream incorporation awakening the sleeper".

See:

"Incorporation of reality
During the night, many external stimuli may bombard the senses, but the brain often interprets the stimulus and makes it a part of a dream to ensure continued sleep. Dream incorporation is a phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, is incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality or dreaming of urination while wetting the bed. The mind can, however, awaken an individual if they are in danger or if trained to respond to certain sounds, such as a baby crying.

The term "dream incorporation" is also used in research examining the degree to which preceding daytime events become elements of dreams. Recent studies suggest that events in the day immediately preceding, and those about a week before, have the most influence." (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream )

"Dream incorporation is a common phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, are incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality or dreaming of urination while wetting the bed. Sounds, smells, lights and other stimuli from our sleeping environment often get absorbed into our dreams, challenging our dreaming minds to incorporate them into the dream storyline in a way that makes sense. It is well known that during our sleep there may be many external stimuli bombarding the senses, and the brain often interprets the stimulus and makes it a part of a dream in order to ensure continued sleep. Many of you had experience the incorporation of external stimuli in a dream, and most probably very similar as mine. When you hear the doorbell, it begins. Your brain is racing madly creating the story. You might wake up three seconds after, but in that time you'll have dreamt a one-hour story." (http://skepticsvsbelievers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/that-place... )

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Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005):
wekdroom: droom die door een uitwendige prikkel gewekt wordt, waarin deze prikkel verwerkt is en waardoor men tevens ontwaakt

Van Dale Groot woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands (versie 2.0, 2002):
wekdroom: droom waaruit men door een uitwendige prikkel die in deze droom verwerkt is, ontwaakt
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1waking dream
Michele Fauble
4dream incorporation awakening the sleeper
Michael Beijer
Summary of reference entries provided
Dream incorporation/Incorporation of reality
Natasha Ziada (X)

Discussion entries: 28





  

Answers


9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
waking dream


Explanation:
books.google.com/books?id=haAhAQAAMAAJ
1922 - ‎Medicine
Waking Dreams. — Jelgersma applies this term to dreams in which the action of the dream centers around some actual sound or sensation perceived by the ...

Jelgersma had die term zelf geïntroduceerd. Een wekdroom ontstaat door een prikkel van buiten die bliksemsnel in het droomverhaal wordt verwerkt, maar je dan ook vrijwel gelijktijdig wakker maakt.
http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detai...


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 19:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Beijer: I think this is sth different. See e.g.: "waking dream: An involuntary dream occurring while a person is awake." (Oxforddictionaries.com)
1 hr
  -> Yes, but did you see my reference? A word can be defined differently as a general vs technical term.

agree  writeaway
4 hrs
  -> thanks
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dream incorporation awakening the sleeper


Explanation:
There is no English term for this phenomenon yet, so I propose: "dream incorporation awakening the sleeper".

See:

"Incorporation of reality
During the night, many external stimuli may bombard the senses, but the brain often interprets the stimulus and makes it a part of a dream to ensure continued sleep. Dream incorporation is a phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, is incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality or dreaming of urination while wetting the bed. The mind can, however, awaken an individual if they are in danger or if trained to respond to certain sounds, such as a baby crying.

The term "dream incorporation" is also used in research examining the degree to which preceding daytime events become elements of dreams. Recent studies suggest that events in the day immediately preceding, and those about a week before, have the most influence." (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream )

"Dream incorporation is a common phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, are incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality or dreaming of urination while wetting the bed. Sounds, smells, lights and other stimuli from our sleeping environment often get absorbed into our dreams, challenging our dreaming minds to incorporate them into the dream storyline in a way that makes sense. It is well known that during our sleep there may be many external stimuli bombarding the senses, and the brain often interprets the stimulus and makes it a part of a dream in order to ensure continued sleep. Many of you had experience the incorporation of external stimuli in a dream, and most probably very similar as mine. When you hear the doorbell, it begins. Your brain is racing madly creating the story. You might wake up three seconds after, but in that time you'll have dreamt a one-hour story." (http://skepticsvsbelievers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/that-place... )

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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-11-01 11:37:17 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005):
wekdroom: droom die door een uitwendige prikkel gewekt wordt, waarin deze prikkel verwerkt is en waardoor men tevens ontwaakt

Van Dale Groot woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands (versie 2.0, 2002):
wekdroom: droom waaruit men door een uitwendige prikkel die in deze droom verwerkt is, ontwaakt

Example sentence(s):
  • Dream incorporation is a phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, is incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality or dreaming of urination while wetting the bed.
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Barend van Zadelhoff: This is a possible explanation of the phenomenon, an explanation of what a 'wekdroom' is. It's no translation of 'wekdroom', a specific type of dream.
2 hrs
  -> It's a descriptive translation of a word ("wekdroom") that does not exist in English. Incidentally, "waking dream" is incorrect.

neutral  Michele Fauble: Well, it has been translated as 'waking dream' in the Journal of the American Medical Association. See my Google books reference.
8 hrs
  -> See my discussion entry. Looks like "waking dream" is a poor, literal translation by the Dutch author Jelgersma and in no way standard in any scientific circles.
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Reference comments


3 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Dream incorporation/Incorporation of reality

Reference information:
"Dream incorporation is a phenomenon whereby an actual sensation, such as environmental sounds, is incorporated into dreams, such as hearing a phone ringing in a dream while it is ringing in reality"

(See heading: 'Other associated phenomena')


    Reference: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream
Natasha Ziada (X)
Australia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Michael Beijer
8 hrs
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: Ja, dat gebeurt bij deze droom en dat fenomeen kun je blijkbaar 'dream incorporation' noemen in het Engels.
10 hrs
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