dasein
UK/dɑː.zʌɪn/US/dɑ.zaɪn/
dasein noun: being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence.
Noun (1)
dasein (uncountable)
- Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
- Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...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...
Noun (2) capitalized: Dasein
Dasein (uncountable)
- Alternative form of dasein.
- Even in its failure, National Socialism refused to allow the question of Being to become the overt and pervasive question of Germany. It ensured that Dasein would either quickly find itself in its everydayness in the task of the reconstruction of an occupied Germany or not find itself, in death.2005, James Phillips, Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry, Stanford University Press, →ISBN
Forms of dasein
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Origin of dasein
From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
Questions about dasein
- What does dasein mean?
- Dasein means being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence.
- What part of speech is dasein?
- Dasein is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dasein?
- Dasein is pronounced /dɑː.zʌɪn/ (UK).
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