das

American  

[das, dahs] / dæs, dɑs /

noun

dases, plural dasses plural

1. hyrax.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dases
  plural
• dasses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of das

< Afrikaans; compare Dutch, Middle Dutch das badger, cognate with German Dachs; compare Norwegian svintoks

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

das dasses

We knew how to say goodbye, which is das vedanya, yes and no.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Until recently, he says India meant only Caminho das Índias - the 2009 Brazilian primetime show - to him.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

Maria das Graças Penna Burgos was born in the northeastern city of Salvador in 1945 and began her musical career in 1960 after meeting fellow singer Caetano Veloso.

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022

For others, like the composer Roxanna Panufnik, who contributed a setting of Severus Gastorius’s melody “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,” the project was an opportunity to bring her closer to Bach.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

“This would be a showcase piece, a curiosity. Your clocks are impressive, but what I am requesting would be something truly outstanding, das Meisterwerk. And money is absolutely no object.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Ye shallna try the unkindly dasses o' the Linn yet awhile, nor yet lie in 'Duncan's Pantry,' which has small store of victual in it.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

A rick stood handy in the yard, and on going to it I found that three or four dasses of hay had been carved out ready for removal to the stalls.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.