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

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Etymology

Origin of das

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

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Example Sentences

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das dasses

Castro fell to the ground during the first half of third-tier Real Sport Clube's friendly against top-flight side Estrela de Amadora at the Estadio das Seixas in Lisbon on Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

In the years since these federal policies were created, Brazilians were reading more, said Luiz Schwarcz, a co-founder of the prestigious publishing house Companhia das Letras and a writer himself.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

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

And we ended it this way: “Sila-go-tsoi do chah-lakai Ya-ansh-go das dez e e Washindon be Akalh-bi Kosi la Hozo-g-kay-ha-tehn. ”

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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 George W. Gough

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