Great Dane

English thumb|A Great Dane Etymology en fr grand danois, introduced by 1 fr Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon 1755 French naturalist Noun great Dane A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game. en Issy Ronald Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/us/worlds-tallest-male-dog-kevin-dies-intl-scli 2024-06-25 Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20260221025417/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/us/worlds-tallest-male-dog-kevin-dies-intl-scli 21 February 2026 Synonyms en Boarhound en Danish Hound en Deutsche Dogge en German Mastiff Derived terms en Daniff Labradane Translations mastiff Catalan: ca danès m, ca danesa f Valencian: ca danés m, ca danesa f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大丹犬 dàdānquǎn Danish: da granddanois c Finnish: fi tanskandoggi French: fr dogue allemand m German: de Deutsche Dogge f, de Dänische Dogge f Hebrew: he דני ענק Hungarian: hu dán dog Irish: ga danar mór m Italian: it danese m, it alano m Japanese: ja グレート・デーン gurēto dēn, ja グレートデン gurēto den Korean: ko 그레이트 데인 Lithuanian: lt vokiečių dogas m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb grand danois m Nynorsk: nn grand danois m Polish: pl dog niemiecki m Portuguese: pt dogue alemão m, pt dinamarquês m Russian: ru да́тский дог m Spanish: es dogo alemán m, es dogo danés m, es gran danés m, es alano alemán m Swedish: sv grand danois c See also en mastiff Anagrams en aadeegnrt Tandragee antegrade tea garden en Dogs Hunting dogs