Meanings
dasein1
alternative Dasein
- uncountablehuman sciencesBeing; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...
1954, Otto Samuel, “The Relationship of Hereness Dasein”, in A Foundation of Ontology: A Critical Analysis of Nicolai Hartmann, Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008, page 62
Dasein2
alternative dasein
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of dasein.
Even in its failure, National Socialism refused to allow the question of Being to become the overt and pervasive question of Germany. It ensured that Dasein would either quickly find itself in its everydayness in the task of the reconstruction of an occupied Germany or not find itself, in death.
2005, James Phillips, Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry, Stanford University Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- GermanDasein“there-to be”
- Englishdasein
From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
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Chinese Mandarin 此在, 緣在 /缘在
- 此在 (cǐzài)philosophy: hereness
- 緣在 /缘在 (yuánzài)philosophy: hereness
Dutch daarzijn
- daarzijnphilosophy: hereness
Finnish Dasein, olemistapa
- Daseinphilosophy: hereness
- olemistapaphilosophy: hereness
French dasein
- daseinphilosophy: hereness
German Dasein
- Daseinphilosophy: hereness
Japanese 現存在
- 現存在philosophy: hereness
Russian даза́йн, прису́тствие
- даза́йн (dazájn)philosophy: hereness
- прису́тствие (prisútstvije)philosophy: hereness
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Cite this entry
dasein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasein
“dasein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasein. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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