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

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

“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

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

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

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

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