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English
Etymology
From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dasein (uncountable)
- (philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
1954, Otto Samuel, “The Relationship of Hereness Dasein”, in A Foundation of Ontology: A Critical Analysis of Nicolai Hartmann, Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008, page 62:Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...
Usage notes
Used by Goethe and adopted by Hegel. Further adopted and reinterpreted by Martin Heidegger in his "Being and Time".
Synonyms
Translations
Anagrams
- Daines, Sinead, Dianes, Sinéad, andies, sained, saiden, Sendai, Dansie, Sandie, Asenid
German
Verb
dasein
- Formerly standard spelling of da sein which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.