Dachshund

  • 11Dachshund — Sm Dackel …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 12dachshund — ► NOUN ▪ a breed of dog with a long body and very short legs. ORIGIN German, badger dog (the breed was originally used to dig badgers out of their setts) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13dachshund — [däks′hoont΄] n. [Ger < dachs, badger (prob. < IE base * tegu , THICK) + hund, dog: see HOUND1] any of a breed of small dog with a long body, short legs, and drooping ears, of three varieties smooth (or short haired), long haired, and wire… …

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  • 14dachshund — /dahks hoont , hoond , euhnd, daks , dash /, n. one of a German breed of dogs having short legs, a long body and ears, and a usually tan or black and tan coat. [1840 50; < G, equiv. to Dachs badger + Hund dog] * * * Dog breed of hound and terrier …

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  • 15Dachshund — Dachs: Die Herkunft des germ. Tiernamens mhd., ahd. dahs, niederl. das, norw. dän. ‹svin›toks »‹Schweine›dachs« ist unklar. Das Tier kann nach seiner Fähigkeit, kunstvolle Bauten anzulegen, benannt worden sein, dann wäre das Wort z. B. verwandt&#8230; …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 16Dachshund — El dachshund, también llamado teckel o perro salchicha; es una raza de perro. Tiene tres variedades: de pelo corto, de pelo duro y de pelo largo. * * * Raza canina descendiente del perro de caza y del terrier, que se desarrolló en Alemania para&#8230; …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 17dachshund — UK [ˈdæks(ə)nd] / US [ˈdæksənd] noun [countable] Word forms dachshund : singular dachshund plural dachshunds a type of small dog with very short legs, a long body, and long ears …

    English dictionary

  • 18dachshund — [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&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 19dachshund — [[t]dæ̱kshʊnd, AM dɑ͟ːksʊnt[/t]] dachshunds N COUNT A dachshund is a small dog that has very short legs, a long body, and long ears …

    English dictionary

  • 20dachshund — [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&#8230; …

    Word origins