Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Dasein

Syllabification: (Da·sein)
Pronunciation: /ˈdäˌzīn/
Definition of Dasein

noun

Philosophy
  • (in Hegelianism) existence or determinate being; (in existentialism) human existence.

Origin:

mid 19th century: German, from dasein 'exist', from da 'there' + sein 'be'

Dasein in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Dasein in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

ludology

/ luːˈdɒlədʒi /
noun
the study of games and gaming, especially video games …