dachshund

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) +‎ Hund (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːks.ˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæks.ˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæk.sənd/
• (US) enPR: /däksʹ-ho͝ont'/, /dăksʹ-ho͝ond'/, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑks.ˌhʊnt/, /ˈdæks.ˌhʊnd/, /ˈdɑk.sənd/

Noun

dachshund (plural dachshunds)

1. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.

   • 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 35:

     We had decided to take a small dog for the children and we chose a tan, short-haired, six-week-old male dachshund. We named him Fritz.

See also

• chondrodystrophic
• dwarf
• degenerative disk disease

Noun

dachshund m, f (plural dachshunds)

1. dachshund (breed of dog)

Noun

dachshund m (plural dachshunds)

1. dachshund