dachshund
pronunciation
How to pronounce dachshund in British English:
UK [ˈdæksnd]
How to pronounce dachshund in American English:
US [ˈdɑkshʊnd]
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- Noun:
- small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
Word Origin
- dachshund
- dachshund: [19] Dachshund means literally ‘badger-dog’ in German. It was originally bred in Germany for badger-hunting, its long thin body enabling it to burrow into the animals’ setts. The first known reference to it in English (in the anglicized form dachshound) is in a poem by Matthew Arnold of around 1881, Poor Matthias: ‘Max, a dachshound without blot’.=> hound
- dachshund (n.)
- 1881, from German Dachshund (15c.), from Dachs (Old High German dahs, 11c.) "badger" (perhaps literally "builder;" see texture) + Hund "dog" (see hound (n.)). Probably so called because the dogs were used in badger hunts, their long, thin bodies bred to burrow into setts. French taisson, Spanish texon, tejon, Italian tasso are Germanic loan words.
Example
- 1. You 're even afraid to touch a dachshund .
- 2. Is this what you call a dachshund ?
- 3. Have you seen a dachshund puppy ?
- 4. They 've produced more than 100 of them actually , as well as a mouse with short limbs and one with a tail like a dachshund .
- 5. The poodle edged out the labrador retriever and dachshund , the american kennel club said .