dasein

See also: Dasein and da sein

English

Alternative forms

Dasein

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɑː.zʌɪn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɑ.zaɪn/

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 (Philosophy), Digitized edition, 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

See also Thesaurus:existence

Translations

philosophy: hereness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 此在 (cǐzài), 緣在／缘在 (yuánzài)
Finnish: Dasein, olemistapa
French: dasein m
German: Dasein (de) n
Japanese: 現存在 (げんそんざい)
Occitan: dasein m
Russian: даза́йн (dazájn), прису́тствие (ru) (prisútstvije)

Anagrams

Daines, Dansie, Sendai, Sinead, andies, saiden, sained

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