Éberség

Éberség is a Hungarian noun that denotes the state of being awake, alert, and attentive. It refers to the level of wakefulness and mental arousal, and is used in everyday language as well as in scientific and philosophical contexts. The word is formed from the adjective éber, meaning awake or alert, with the noun-forming suffix -ség.

In ordinary use, éberség describes how readily a person notices and responds to stimuli. For example, it can describe sustained attention during a task or the need to maintain alertness in situations such as driving. In medical and physiological discussions, éberség is linked to the brain’s wakefulness and arousal systems, and it is considered alongside sleep, anesthesia, and disorders that affect consciousness. Conditions involving impaired éberség may include excessive sleepiness or reduced arousal after brain injury or illness.

In philosophy and psychology, éberség can appear in discussions of conscious experience, perception, and the differentiation between wakefulness and dreaming. It is sometimes used in mindfulness or ethical contexts to express deliberate and sustained attention to the surrounding world and one’s actions.

See also: tudat (consciousness), ébrenlét (wakefulness), tudatosság (awareness), kábultság (drowsiness).