dasein
English edit
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Etymology edit
From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɑː.zʌɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɑ.zaɪn/
Noun edit
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[1], Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008, page 62:
- Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...
Usage notes edit
Used by Goethe and adopted by Hegel. Further adopted and reinterpreted by Martin Heidegger in his "Being and Time".
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:existence
Translations edit
philosophy: hereness
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Verb edit
dasein
- Formerly standard spelling of da sein which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996 .