Inverting the US Flag â What Does It Mean? Many will tell you that an upside down American flag means âthe country is in distress.â The US Flag Code allows this use of the flag in situations of âdire distress,â but the intention was distress as in immediate danger to life and limb, such as your ship is sinking at sea, an SoS signal.
Noun. 1. gerund-a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun). deverbal noun, verbal noun-a noun that is derived from a verb. Translations. [ËdÊerÉnd] N (Latin) â gerundio m; (English) â sustantivo m verbal.
Dasein (. [ËdaËzaÉªn]) is a German word which means being there or presence (German: da there; sein being) often translated in English with the word existence.It is a fundamental concept in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger particularly in his magnum opus Being and Time.ome scholars disagree with this interpretation, however, arguing that for Heidegger  Dasein  denoted a structured awareness or an institutional way of life. Others suggest that Heidegger's early insistence on the ontological priority of Dasein was muted in his post-war writings.