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dasein en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɑ.zaɪn/ (General-American)
  • /dɑː.zʌɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).

Meanings

  1. (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, page 62:

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Translations (11)

nl daarzijn (philosophy: hereness) · ja 現存在 (philosophy: hereness) · oc dasein (philosophy: hereness) · fr dasein (philosophy: hereness) · fi olemistapa (philosophy: hereness) · cmn 此在 (philosophy: hereness) · fi Dasein (philosophy: hereness) · ru прису́тствие (philosophy: hereness) · de Dasein (philosophy: hereness) · cmn 緣在 /缘在 (philosophy: hereness) · ru даза́йн (philosophy: hereness)