dasein
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dasein¹
- /dɑː.zʌɪn/ UK
- /dɑ.zaɪn/ US
Where it comes from
From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
noun Dasein
- 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
- 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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Talk about this word "dasein." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dasein. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dasein. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dasein "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}
}