dasein

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)

1. (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