noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌd͡ʒɜː.mənˈʃɛ.pəd/non-rhotic
/ˌd͡ʒɜɹ.mənˈʃɛ.pəɹd/rhotic
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alsatian, Alsatian shepherd, Alsatian wolf dog, German Shepherd Dog, Nazi Shepherd
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog
History
Etymology
A more commonly used shortening of German Shepherd Dog.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Duitse Herdershond
— breed of dog
Albanian:
qen pastori gjerman
— breed of dog
Arabic:
كَلْب راعٍ أَلْمَانِيّ
(kalb rāʕin ʔalmāniyy)
— breed of dog
Aragonese:
pastor alemán
— breed of dog
Armenian:
գերմանական հովվաշուն
(germanakan hovvašun)
— breed of dog
Asturian:
pastor alemán
— breed of dog
Azerbaijani:
Alman çoban iti
— breed of dog
Basque:
alemaniar artzain txakur
— breed of dog
Belarusian:
няме́цкая аўча́рка
(njamjéckaja awčárka)
— breed of dog
Breton:
ki deñved alamaneg
— breed of dog
Bulgarian:
не́мска овча́рка
(némska ovčárka)
— breed of dog
Catalan:
pastor alemany
— breed of dog
Chinese Mandarin:
德國牧羊犬 /德国牧羊犬
(Déguó mùyángquǎn)
— breed of dog
Czech:
německý ovčák
— breed of dog
Danish:
schæferhund
— breed of dog
Dutch:
Duitse herdershond
— breed of dog
Dutch:
Duitse herder
— breed of dog
Esperanto:
germana ŝafhundo
— breed of dog
Estonian:
saksa lambakoer
— breed of dog
Faroese:
sjefarahundur
— breed of dog
Finnish:
saksanpaimenkoira
— breed of dog
Finnish:
sakemanni
— breed of dog
French:
berger allemand
— breed of dog
French:
berger alsacien
— breed of dog
French:
berger d'Alsace
— breed of dog
West-Frisian:
Dútske hardershûn
— breed of dog
Friulian:
pastôr todesc
— breed of dog
Galician:
pastor alemán
— breed of dog
Georgian:
გერმანელი ნაგაზი
(germaneli nagazi)
— breed of dog
German:
deutscher Schäferhund
— breed of dog
Greek:
γερμανικός ποιμενικός
(germanikós poimenikós)
— breed of dog
Greek:
λυκόσκυλο
(lykóskylo)
— breed of dog
Hebrew:
רועה גרמני
— breed of dog
Hungarian:
német juhászkutya
— breed of dog
Hungarian:
német juhász
— breed of dog
Icelandic:
þýskur fjárhundur
— breed of dog
Indonesian:
anjing gembala Jerman
— breed of dog
Irish:
alsáiseach
— breed of dog
Irish:
aoire Gearmánach
— breed of dog
Irish:
madra Alsáiseach
— breed of dog
Italian:
pastore tedesco
— breed of dog
Japanese:
ジャーマン・シェパード・ドッグ
(Jāman Shepādo Doggu)
— breed of dog
Japanese:
ドイツシェパード
(Doitsu Shepādo)
— breed of dog
Javanese:
asu herder Jerman
— breed of dog
Kashubian:
òwczôrk miemiecczi
— breed of dog
Kazakh:
неміс овчаркасы
(nemıs ovçarkasy)
— breed of dog
Korean:
셰퍼드
(Syepeodeu)
— breed of dog
Latvian:
vācu aitu suns
— breed of dog
Lithuanian:
vokiečių aviganis
— breed of dog
Lombard:
pastùr todèsch
— breed of dog
Low German:
düütsch Scheperhund
— breed of dog
Luxembourgish:
däitsche Schéiferhond
— breed of dog
Macedonian:
волчјак
(volčjak)
— breed of dog
Macedonian:
германски овчар
(germanski ovčar)
— breed of dog
Malay:
anjing gembala Jerman
— breed of dog
Malayalam:
ജർമൻ ഷെപ്പേർഡ്
(jaṟmaṉ ṣeppēṟḍŭ)
— breed of dog
Maltese:
kelb ragħaj Ġermaniż
— breed of dog
Mirandese:
pastor aleman
— breed of dog
Navajo:
łééchąąʼí nidaʼniłkaadígíí
— breed of dog
Norwegian:
schäferhund
— breed of dog
Occitan:
pastre alemand
— breed of dog
Persian:
جرمن شپرد
(jarman šepard)
— breed of dog
Polish:
owczarek niemiecki
— breed of dog
Portuguese:
pastor-alemão
— breed of dog
Quechua:
aliman michiq allqu
— breed of dog
Romanian:
ciobănesc german
— breed of dog
Russian:
неме́цкая овча́рка
(neméckaja ovčárka)
— breed of dog
Scots:
German Stoddart
— breed of dog
Scots:
German Hird
— breed of dog
Scottish Gaelic:
buachaille Gearmailteach
— breed of dog
Serbo-Croatian:
немачки овчар
— breed of dog
Serbo-Croatian:
nemački ovčar
— breed of dog
Slovak:
nemecký ovčiak
— breed of dog
Slovene:
nemški ovčar
— breed of dog
Lower Sorbian:
Nimski pastyŕski pjas
— breed of dog
Spanish:
pastor alemán
— breed of dog
Swedish:
schäfer
— breed of dog
Thai:
เยอรมันเชฟเฟิร์ด
(yerráman chêffêrt)
— breed of dog
Turkish:
Alman çoban köpeği
— breed of dog
Turkish:
Alman kurdu
— breed of dog
Ukrainian:
німе́цька вівча́рка
(nimécʹka vivčárka)
— breed of dog
