dasein

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dasein¹

  • /dɑː.zʌɪn/ UK
  • /dɑ.zaɪn/ US

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

noun Dasein

  1. uncountable Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...

Dasein²

noun dasein

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative 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.

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noun philosophy: hereness

日本語現存在
中文此在 cǐzài, 緣在 /缘在 yuánzài
Françaisdasein
DeutschDasein
Русскийдаза́йн dazájn, прису́тствие prisútstvije

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"dasein." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dasein. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dasein. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dasein

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"dasein." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dasein.

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@misc{dasein_2026,
  title = {dasein},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dasein},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}