Definition of dachshund Dachshund

/dɑˈkshʊˌnd/ - [dakshund] - dachs•hund

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What does dachshund mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: dachshunds
dachshund - small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
		dachsie, badger dog
		hunting dog a dog used in hunting game

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Wiktionary

dachshund (Noun)
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dachshund (n.)
One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dachshund
A breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

dachshund
daks′hoond, n. a badger-dog. [Ger. dachs, a badger, hund, dog.]

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

dachshund
A low-down dog.

Wikipedia

The dachshund is a breed of dog. It is usually short (small in height), but long from front to back and with short legs. “Dachshund” is a German word that is used in English, and it means “badger dog.” (In German, dachshunds are called "Dackel" or "Teckel".)

The breed was developed to use its sense of smell to find, chase, and hunt badgers and other animals that live in holes. A dachshund has a long, narrow body, so it is sometimes called a "wiener dog", "hot dog", or "sausage dog". Some people believe that using those words does not show respect.

Appearance (looks).

Today, dachshunds have crooked legs, loose skin, and a barrel-like chest. Over time, breeders selected dogs so that those features would appear in puppies. That way, dachshunds could do a better job of burrowing into tight spaces. Another feature is a long tail.

The coat or fur of a dachshund comes in three kinds – smooth or short-haired, long-haired, and wire-haired. The wire-haired dachshund usually is shorter front to back than the other two.

Size.

A fully-grown dachshund weighs between 16 and 28 lb. (7 to 12.7 kg), while the miniature dachshund may weigh less than 11 lb. (5 kg). The writer H. L. Mencken said that “A dachshund is a half-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.”

Coat (fur) and color.

Dachshund fur comes in many colours. The colors that are most common are red (a brown color that looks a little reddish) and black-and-tan (black body with brown parts). There are solid black and solid chocolate-brown d