Dachshund

dachshund English Noun + Dachshunde<l:obsolete> en dachshund. en Harper’s Young People XV 13 March 1894 New York Harper & Brothers 326 For next the bull-dogs were the Dachshunde, with their short bow-legs, their flat little paws that can dig so quickly into the ground, and their long thin bodies and pointed noses. And the great mastiff, who hardly considered the Dachshund worthy of his notice before, begins to see some use in those tiny legs, and wishes he had been able to get the mouse himself. en Dogs G. A. Melbourne 1907 101 IF we can believe our old, wise searchers or investigators, the Dachshund belonged to the oldest breed of dogs known in ancient times. Since the Sixteenth Century German literature speaks of the Dachshunde, although they are described differently at times, as, for instance, the “little earth dog or hole dog.” en Country Life 68 1935 4 2 judges are coming from Germany for two great outstanding German breeds, the Dachshunde and the German Shepherds, a judge from Norway for the Norwegian Elkhounds, a judge from England for the Scottish Terriers—and probably more dogs entered than ever before. en 2009 Dakota Cassidy 1 Kiss & Hell New York, N.Y. Berkley Sensation 12–13 https://archive.org/details/kisshell0000cass/page/13/mode/1up 978-0-425-22785-5 Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebreed dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off. German Etymology de :af Dachs Hund 15th c., from de Dachs Hund badger dog, because the breed was used for hunting badgers. Pronunciation de /ˈdaks.hʊnt/ de De-Dachshund.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(e)s ^in de archaic dachshund (sausage dog, wiener dog) de archaic loosely a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset hound Declension m,(e)s Synonyms de Dackel usual de Teckel specialist Derived terms de Dackel Related terms de dackeln de Dachswelpe Descendants en dachshund 1 ga broc-chú 1 gv coo brock 1 nl dashond 1 ru та́кса 1 See also basset hound de Basset Hound Further reading de Dogs