Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dasein

/dɑ.zaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: da-sein
IPA: /dɑ.zaɪn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of dasein.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ..."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dasein

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɑ.zaɪn/
British English: /dɑː.zʌɪn/

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce dasein?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɑ.zaɪn/.
What does dasein mean?: Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
Where does dasein come from?: It is traced to German.

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