# How do you pronounce "dachshund"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864 "2012-12-03T16:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/1 "2012-12-03T16:34:28Z")
A few people on this board have mentioned that they have pet dachshunds, which lead me to thinking about the pronunciation of the word. How do _you_ pronounce the word “dachshund”? (Both dachshund owners and non-dachshund owners are welcome to reply to the thread and the poll.) ---
**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/2 "2012-12-03T16:37:18Z")
A combination: DAKS-und. I didn’t make this up, this is how people around here say it. I live in New York. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/3 "2012-12-03T16:38:26Z")
Other: Gerglish DAHKS-und. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/4 "2012-12-03T16:40:22Z")
> [@romadea](#): > > A combination: DAKS-und. I didn’t make this up, this is how people around here say it. I live in New York. +1 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/5 "2012-12-03T16:41:31Z")
Same here. Can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it DASH-und. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/6 "2012-12-03T16:44:38Z")
Yup, DAHKS-und. That’s how pretty much everyone in the U.S. says it, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/7 "2012-12-03T16:45:20Z")
Daks-hund over here as well. Hoont and Dash would get you weird looks. Actually, it’s more of a daks-ind than anything. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/8 "2012-12-03T16:51:31Z")
For those of you saying DAKS instead of DAHKS – rhymes with back instead of lock? ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/9 "2012-12-03T16:52:46Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Same here. Can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it DASH-und. Pretty common in the UK. That’s how I say it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/10 "2012-12-03T16:56:56Z")
Chalk another one up for Dahks-und. That’s the only way I’ve ever heard it pronounced, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/11 "2012-12-03T17:00:43Z")
> [@romadea](#): > > A combination: DAKS-und. This. Around here, DAKS rhymes with DOX: I’ve heard a lot of owners refer to their dachshunds as “Doxies.” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/12 "2012-12-03T17:00:52Z")
I’ve always pronounced it “DASH-und.” Maybe it’s the Canadian way? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/13 "2012-12-03T17:03:04Z")
Multiple [dachshund](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/dogs/Picture42244.jpg)owner. The told me to tell you “dock-sund”. We’re in America, after all. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/14 "2012-12-03T17:06:15Z")
I’ve never heard “DASH-und.” I live in an area with a lot of Anglicized Germans. We say “DOKS-ənd” or “DAhKh-sənd.” Like the rest of America apparently. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/15 "2012-12-03T17:20:37Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yup, DAHKS-und. That’s how pretty much everyone in the U.S. says it, as far as I know. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/16 "2012-12-03T17:23:57Z")
Docks-hund. I’ve heard Dash-hound way too often, and it makes me cringe every time. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/17 "2012-12-03T17:58:36Z")
Docksoonndh. The ‘n’ makes the final vowel a sort of mix between “uh” and “oo” and softens the final ‘d’. I’ve heard it almost every way mentioned here, but never with a hard “t” at the end. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/18 "2012-12-03T18:00:50Z")
WEE-ner dawg. 😉 OK, DOX-hoont. ---
**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/19 "2012-12-03T18:02:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > For those of you saying DAKS instead of DAHKS – rhymes with back instead of lock? No, I should have said DAHKS. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/20 "2012-12-03T18:05:32Z")
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