das

Other forms of das

plural

dases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about das

What does das mean?

das means "any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes".

How many syllables are in das?

das has 1 syllable: das. In IPA it is /ˈdæs/.

What is another word for das?

Close synonyms include hyrax, coney, cony, dassie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is das a common word?

das is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.