Polyglot Dictionary

Dasein

/ˈdaːˌzaɪ̯n/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. existence

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Existenz

Dasein is more philosophical, existential — Heidegger's famous term; Existenz is the more everyday word for existence, also used for a livelihood, as in "eine Existenz aufbauen."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

existencia

existencia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "existence."

Portuguese

existência

existência is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "existence."

Practice

1 What does Dasein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist voller Rätsel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dasein?

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