das
Americannoun
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dases,
plural
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dasses
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of das
< Afrikaans; compare Dutch, Middle Dutch das badger, cognate with German Dachs; compare Norwegian svintoks
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“Girllaaaaaaa … das Mufasaaaaaaa,” wrote Adiz “Bambi” Benson of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” echoing the chant from Pierre’s viral December stroll down the Spirit Tunnel backstage at Jennifer Hudson’s show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Darliza das Graças moved there a year ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
The rocky point is called Ponto das Lajes on the north shore of the Amazon near where the Rio Negro and Solimoes rivers join.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
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
“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 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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