Dachs
German, noun
Dachs is spelled D-A-C-H-S (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dachs is a German masculine noun meaning “badger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a genitive singular of Dach. With a capital, DACHs is a different word: “genitive singular of DACH”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Säugetier mit grauem Fell und markanter weiß-schwarzer Fellzeichnung am Kopf, das in den europäischen…”.
What does Dachs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebadger
noun
- 1
neutergenitive singular of Dach
noun
- 1
neutergenitive singular of DACH
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Säugetier mit grauem Fell und markanter weiß-schwarzer Fellzeichnung am Kopf, das in den europäischen Wäldern anzutreffen ist; der Europäische Dachs 2. eine Unterfamilie der Marder, welcher der Dachs [1] angehört
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dachs
- Dachses genitive
- Dachse plural
- Dachsweibchen feminine
- Dächsin feminine
- Dachsin feminine
- Dachsen dative definite plural
- Daches alternative
- Dachsbär masculine
- Dächschen diminutive
- Dächslein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dachs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dachs in German?
Dachs appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).