Etymology

dasein

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Today it means: Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence Full definition →

German Dasein
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  1. German · borrowed fromDasein“there-to be”
  2. English todaydasein

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

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