das

From da (“deca-”) +‎ s (“second”).

das

2. (metrology) Symbol for decasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10¹ seconds.

Clipping of English Daho-Doo with s as a placeholder.

das

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Daho-Doo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Daho-Doo terms

• enPR: däz, IPA^(key): /dɑːz/

das

1. plural of da (“father”)

• enPR: dăs, IPA^(key): /dæs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -æs

das

1. (dialectical, nonstandard, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of that's, that is.

• ADS, Ads, ASD, ADs, ad.'s, ads., DSA, AdS, sad, SDA, SAD, ads

Achang numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: das

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tar(l). Cognate to Chinese 單 / 单 (“only, simply”).

• (Myanmar) /da˧˩/
• (Longchuan) [ta³¹]
• (Luxi) [ta³¹]
• (Xiandao) [ta³¹]

das

1. one

Becomes dv- when prefixed to other elements to form compounds.

• dvci

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 22

From Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

das (plural dasse, diminutive dassie)

1. badger

   Synonym: ratel

2. hyrax

   Synonym: dassie

• boomdas

From Dutch das.

das (plural dasse, diminutive dassie)

1. (clothing) tie, necktie

• dasu, dhas, dhasu

From Greek δάσος (dásos).

das n

1. forest, woods

   Synonyms: pãduri, codru, curii, dubrac

• dys

From Hindi दस (das).

• IPA^(key): /das/

das (Bengali script দাস)

1. ten

• chyigyk
• ten

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 3.

das m

1. (Bugurdži, Sofia Erli) gadjo (non-Romani person)

   Synonym: gadžo

2. (Bugurdži) Serbian
3. (Bugurdži, Macedonian Arli) Christian

   Synonym: gadžo

4. (Sofia Erli) Bulgarian
5. (Sofia Erli) slave (male)

das f

1. (Veršend) Croat

das

1. second-person singular present indicative of dar

das f (plural deys)

1. stack, rick

das

1. soft mutation of tas

Borrowed from German das, a euphemistic contraction of das Haus (“the house”) or das Häuschen (“the little house”).

das n (singular definite dasset, plural indefinite dasser)

1. (colloquial) privy, outhouse

• “das” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Sanskrit दश (daśa).

das (attribute ʕašr)

1. ten

   Synonym: ʕašraki

• Matras, Yaron (2012), A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎^[2], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /dɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: das
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Homophone: da's

From Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

das m (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

1. A badger, various species of genera Meles and Taxidea.
2. (particularly) Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

• Afrikaans: das, dassie
  • → English: dassie
• Jersey Dutch: dās
• → West Frisian: das

Uncertain, possibly from Italian dossi (“fur collar”).

das f (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

1. necktie
2. scarf

• Afrikaans: das
• Negerhollands: dassie
• → Aukan: dasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: dás
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhasi
• → Indonesian: dasi
• → Javanese: ꦝꦱꦶ (dhasi)
• → Papiamentu: dashi, dasji
• → Sranan Tongo: das
• → West Frisian: das

das

1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of da's

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

From Old Galician-Portuguese das, equivalent to de (“of”) +‎ as (feminine plural definite article).

das f pl (singular da, masculine du or do, masculine plural dus or dos)

1. of the
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme III, Chapter 1: A “F” Inicial en Nossa Fala:

     Un-a das características que mais nos diferencia das forma de falal de nossus vidiñus, cacereñus i salmantinus, é o mantinimentu da “F” inicial latina […]

     One of the characteristics which most sets us apart from our neighbour’s, from Cáceres and Salamanca, way of speaking is the keeping of the Latin initial “F” […]

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 30

das

1. ten

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977), Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

• dasse

Verlan form of SIDA.

• IPA^(key): /das/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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das m (uncountable)

1. (Verlan) AIDS

From contraction of de (“of, from”) +‎ as (“the”).

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɐːs̺/

das f pl (masculine do, feminine da, masculine plural dos)

1. of the; from the

• “o”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “das”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• -'s (as in an's, in's)
• -s (as in ans, ins)
• 's, es (for the article; informal or poetic)
• dat (colloquial in western and parts of northern Germany)
• det (Berlinian)
• dit (colloquial in eastern Germany, especially the federal state of Brandenburg, around Berlin)
• des (dialectal)

From Middle High German daȥ, from Old High German daȥ, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Silesian East Central German doas, Dutch dat, English that. Doublet of dass. Distinction from dass is purely orthographical convention.

• IPA^(key): /das/, /dɑs/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /daːs/ (some speakers in south-western Germany; when stressed)

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: dass

das n (definite)

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of der: the

das

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of der
   1. (relative) who, that, which

      Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann.

      I know a girl who can do that.

      Gib mir mal das Buch, das da liegt.

      Please give me the book that's lying there.

   2. (demonstrative) this, that, it

      Das ist mein Haus.

      This is my house.

      Er weiß das bereits.

      He knows that already.

      Das kann es nicht geben.

      This is nothing that could possibly exist.

      (literally, “This, that cannot be.”)

      Ich hab das nicht.

      I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)

      Sie war wegen dem, was er gesagt hat, sehr enttäuscht.

      She was disappointed by what ("that which") he said.

   3. (regional, Northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)

      Das regnet schon wieder.

      It’s raining again.

      Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist?

      Do you know what time it is?

• In colloquial writing often confused with dass.

das

1. obsolete spelling of dass

• tas (Wiesemann spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: das
• Homophone: dass

das (definite)

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of där

das

1. it

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “das”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 31, column 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdas]

dās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of dō

das (Chena, Toklat-Bearpaw)

1. alternative form of dasr

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 114

From Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

das m

1. (mustelids) badger, European badger

• Dutch: das
  • Afrikaans: das, dassie
    • → English: dassie
  • Jersey Dutch: dās
  • → West Frisian: das
• Limburgish: dasj
• West Flemish: das

• “das”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “das”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Related to root -DÁÁZ (“to be heavy”).

das

1. weight

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 118

das

1. locative singular of dat

• d'as (dated)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: das

das f pl

2. contraction of de (“of/from”) +‎ as f pl (“the”): feminine plural of do
   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, line 5:

     Animais que elles tem em mais eſtima / Que todo o outro gado das manadas

     Animals which they hold in higher esteem / Than any other cattle of the herds

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

• IPA^(key): /ta³²³/

das

1. mountain

• IPA^(key): /ˈdas/ [ˈd̪as]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: das

das

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular voseo present indicative

From English dust.

das

1. dirt; dust
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:

     Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.

     →New International Version translation

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 15

das m

1. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Christian
2. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Macedonian Džambazi) gadjo (non-Romani person)
3. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Macedonian Džambazi) Serb
4. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Croat
5. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Christian gadjo
6. (Sremski Gurbet) Serbian

Borrowed from German dass.

das

1. (connecting noun clause) that
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 21:

     Sagom, das odunom-la tävi gretik.

     He says that he will make a big journey.

   • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 38:

     Äsagom obe, das övisitom obi.

     He told me that he would visit me.

   • 1938, “Ge lü Volapük!”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 17-19:

     If xamobs yufapükis dabinöl, täno mutobs dasevön, das ons valik jenöfo binons geboviks pro disein.

     If we examine the existing auxiliary languages, we must admit that they are all indeed useful for the purpose.

• IPA^(key): /dɔs/

Borrowed from Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

das c (plural dassen, diminutive daske)

1. (mustelids) badger

   Synonym: taks

• “das (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

das c (plural dassen, diminutive daske)

1. (clothing, rare) scarf, shawl

• “das (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011