dachshund

• dachshunde (from the German plural)
• dachshound
• dashhound (spelling from a nonstandard pronunciation)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæk.sənd/

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• (General American) enPR: däksʹ-ho͝ont', dăksʹ-ho͝ond', IPA^(key): /ˈdɑksˌhʊnt/, /ˈdæksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdɑk.sənd/
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdæʃ.h(a)ʊnd/, /ˈdæʃ.ənd/
• Rhymes: -ækshʊnd, -æksənd, -ɑːkshʊnt, -ɑːksənd, -æʃhaʊnd, -æʃhʊnd, -æʃənd

dachshund (plural dachshunds or dachshunde)

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

     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.

   Synonyms: badger dog, sausage dog, wiener dog

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dachshund m or f by sense (plural dachshunds)

1. dachshund (a breed of dog)

   Synonym: bassê

dachshund m (plural dachshunds)

1. dachshund