Noun: dachshund
| Singular | dachshund |
| Plural | dachshunds |
Sample Sentences
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Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence. [1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]
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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. [2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 35:]
Nouns inflected like dachshund
fursona,
Dachshund,
ambrosia,
dachshund,
candela,
dysesthesia,
auslaut,
agenda,
orchestra,
kobold,
Etymology
From German Dachshund (literally “badger dog”), from German Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”). See: German Nouns '
Dachshund', German Nouns '
Dachs'.