Standard Lemma guide

Pomeranian

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/
  • /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪniən
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA2 M ER0 EY1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to Pomerania.

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3

name

Meaning 3

Pomeranian Low German.

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4

name

Meaning 4

The Kashubian language.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.

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noun

Meaning 6

A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: Pom, Pommy, Pome, Pomeranian spitz, Zwergspitz

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noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian (dog)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 8

breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: spitz

History

Etymology

From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h2epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: померански (pomeranski) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Catalan: pomerani — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Finnish: pommerilainen — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • French: poméranien — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • French: poméranienne — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Friulian: pomeran — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • German: pommersch — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • German: pommerisch — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Greek: πομερανικός (pomeranikós) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Greek: πομερανική (pomeranikí) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Greek: πομερανικό (pomeranikó) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Hungarian: pomerániai — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Irish: Pomaerach — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Irish: Pomaránach — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Italian: pomerano — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Kashubian: pòmòrsczi — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Kazakh: поморлық (pomorlyq) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Ligurian: pomeran — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Polish: pomorski — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Portuguese: pomerano — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Russian: помера́нский (pomeránskij) — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Upper Sorbian: pomorski — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Spanish: pomerano — of, or relative to Pomerania
  • Catalan: pomerani — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波美拉尼亞人 /波美拉尼亚人 (Bōměilāníyà rén) — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Finnish: pommerilainen — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • French: Poméranien — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • French: Poméranienne — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • German: Pommeraner — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • German: Pommeranerin — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • German: Pommer — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Italian: pomerano — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Italian: pomerana — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Polish: Pomorzanin — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Polish: Pomorzanka — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Portuguese: pomerano — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Russian: поморя́нин (pomorjánin) — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Spanish: pomerano — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Swedish: pomrare — native or inhabitant of Pomerania
  • Bulgarian: шпиц (špic) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 博美犬 (Bóměi quǎn) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Czech: německý špic trpasličí — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Esperanto: nanoŝpico — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Finnish: pomeranian — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Finnish: pommi — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • French: spitz nain — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • French: loulou de Poméranie — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • German: Zwergspitz — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Greek: πομεράνιαν (pomeránian) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Hungarian: törpespicc — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Hungarian: pomerániai törpespicc — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Irish: madra pomaerach — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Italian: volpino — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Italian: pomero — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Japanese: ポメラニアン (pomeranian) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Korean: 포메라니안 (pomeranian) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Polish: Szpic miniaturowy — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Portuguese: lulu-da-pomerânia — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Portuguese: spitz-alemão-anão — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Russian: Помера́нский шпи́ц (Pomeránskij špíc) — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Spanish: spitz enano — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Swedish: dvärgspets — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
  • Vietnamese: chó phốc sóc — breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
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