dasein

See also: Dasein and da sein

English

Alternative forms

Dasein

Etymology

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

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

Finnish: Dasein, olemistapa
French: dasein m

Occitan: dasein m

Anagrams

Dansie, Sendai, Sinead, andies, saiden, sained

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