noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɑːksˌhʊnd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdæksˌhʊnd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdæk.sənd/
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General-American:däksʹ-ho͝ont'
General-American:dăksʹ-ho͝ond'
General-American:/ˈdɑksˌhʊnt/
General-American:/ˈdæksˌhʊnd/
General-American:/ˈdɑk.sənd/
/ˈdæʃ.haʊ̯nd/alternate
/ˈdæʃ.hʊnd/alternate
/ˈdæʃ.ənd/alternate
/ˈdɑtsən/alternate
/ˈdɑtsɪn/alternate
/ˈdɑksɪn/alternate
/ˈdɑksən/alternate
/ˈdɑkshʊnd/alternate
/ˈdɑtʃəl/alternate
/ˈdɛksəl/alternate
/ˈtɛkəl/alternate
rhymes with -ækshʊnd
rhymes with -æksənd
rhymes with -ɑːkshʊnt
rhymes with -ɑːksənd
rhymes with -æʃhaʊnd
rhymes with -æʃhʊnd
rhymes with -æʃənd
rhymes with -ɑtsən
rhymes with -ɑtsɪn
rhymes with -ɑksɪn
rhymes with -ɑksən
rhymes with -ɑkʃʊnd
rhymes with -ɑtʃəl
rhymes with -ɛksəl
rhymes with -tɛkəl
CMU ARPABET:D AA1 K S HH UH2 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: badger dog, doxy, sausage dog, wiener dog
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of dachshund.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dachsie, badger dog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hunting dog
Narrower terms: sausage dog, sausage hound
History
Etymology
From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
та́кса
(táksa)
— breed of dog
Bulgarian:
да́кел
(dákel)
— breed of dog
Catalan:
teckel
— breed of dog
Catalan:
dachshund
— breed of dog
Catalan:
dackel
— breed of dog
Chickasaw:
ofi' falaa'
— breed of dog
Chinese Mandarin:
臘腸犬 /腊肠犬
(làcháng quǎn)
— breed of dog
Chinese Mandarin:
達克斯獵犬 /达克斯猎犬
(dákèsīlièquǎn)
— breed of dog
Cornish:
broghki
— breed of dog
Czech:
jezevčík
— breed of dog
Danish:
gravhund
— breed of dog
Danish:
grævlingehund
— breed of dog
Dutch:
teckel
— breed of dog
Dutch:
dashond
— breed of dog
Esperanto:
melhundo
— breed of dog
Esperanto:
kolbasohundo
— breed of dog
Faroese:
gravhundur
— breed of dog
Finnish:
mäyräkoira
— breed of dog
French:
teckel
— breed of dog
Galician:
teckel
— breed of dog
Galician:
dachshund
— breed of dog
Georgian:
ტაქსა
(ṭaksa)
— breed of dog
German:
Dackel
— breed of dog
German:
Teckel
— breed of dog
German:
Dachshund
— breed of dog
Greek:
ντάκσχουντ
(ntákschount)
— breed of dog
Hebrew:
תחש \ תַּחַשׁ
(tákhash)
— breed of dog
Hebrew:
דקל \ דָּקֶל
(dákel)
— breed of dog
Hungarian:
tacskó
— breed of dog
Hungarian:
dakszli
— breed of dog
Icelandic:
greifingjahundur
— breed of dog
Irish:
broc-chú
— breed of dog
Italian:
bassotto
— breed of dog
Japanese:
ダックスフント
(dakkusufundo)
— breed of dog
Kashubian:
jôpscownik
— breed of dog
Kazakh:
такса
(taksa)
— breed of dog
Korean:
닥스훈트
(dakseuhunteu)
— breed of dog
Latvian:
taksis
— breed of dog
Lithuanian:
taksas
— breed of dog
Luxembourgish:
Dackel
— breed of dog
Malayalam:
ഡാഷ്ഹണ്ട്
(ḍāṣhaṇṭŭ)
— breed of dog
Manx:
coo brock
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
dachs
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
daks
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
dachshund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
dakshund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
grevlinghund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
pølsehund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål:
ovnsrørhund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dachs
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
daks
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dachshund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dakshund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
grevlinghund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pølsehund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
omnsrørhund
— breed of dog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
omnsrøyrhund
— breed of dog
Plautdietsch:
Dakshunt
— breed of dog
Polish:
jamnik
— breed of dog
Portuguese:
dachshund
— breed of dog
Portuguese:
bassê
— breed of dog
Portuguese:
cão-salsicha m salsichinha
— breed of dog
