dachshund

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English

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A dachshund

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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.
    Synonyms: badger dog, doxy, sausage dog, wiener dog
    • 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.

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Portuguese

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Noun

dachshund m or f by sense (plural dachshunds)

  1. dachshund (a breed of dog)
    Synonym: bassê

Spanish

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Noun

dachshund m (plural dachshunds)

  1. dachshund
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