# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/21 "2012-12-03T18:12:44Z")
Dox-hund. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/22 "2012-12-03T18:16:22Z")
> [@romadea](#): > > No, I should have said DAHKS. I say “daxund,” [a] as in “back” and as the [oo] in “good.” If someone around me says “Dash-” anything, though, my pronunciation changes to “Dahx-hoont,” AKA German-style but with an unfortunately obvious American accent, because I hate the way people see a “CH” near an “S” and automatically go “SH” whether it’s correct or not. Yes, my bruschetta trauma carries over to dachshunds. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/23 "2012-12-03T18:17:14Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > This. Around here, DAKS rhymes with DOX: I’ve heard a lot of owners refer to their dachshunds as “Doxies.” Yup, same here. DOX-hund DASH-und is just… weird. Don’t think I have ever heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/24 "2012-12-03T18:19:26Z")
Dahks-und I know someone who calls the dash-hounds. It’s so weird. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/25 "2012-12-03T18:27:03Z")
Another vote for “dock-sund”. I met a girl who pronounces it DASH hound. And she talked about her DASH hounds A LOT. Because she seemed to be very into the breed - may have been an actual breeder; I don’t recall- I didn’t question her about the pronunciation and just assumed it was the proper way, but it sure sounded pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/26 "2012-12-03T18:27:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Other: Gerglish DAHKS-und. This. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/27 "2012-12-03T18:36:38Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve always pronounced it “DASH-und.” Maybe it’s the Canadian way? I’m Canadian and I used to pronounce it like that, but that could be a coincidence. I’ve since switched to the pronunciation other people are mentioning (dox-und). ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/28 "2012-12-03T18:46:52Z")
Other: The American pronunciation: [ˈdɑksənd] ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/29 "2012-12-03T18:49:39Z")
Dot-sun ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/30 "2012-12-03T18:50:26Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Other: The American pronunciation: [ˈdɑksənd] Yep. This is what I say. I certainly don’t say it the German way (which sounds weird dropped in the middle of an American English sentence) and it’s not with a “sh” sound, either. I _might_ sometimes say it with an /ae/, but I’m pretty sure most of the time it’s “docks-und.” ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/31 "2012-12-03T19:05:24Z")
**Hbns** is closest to how I say it. Dock Sun. No “D” sound at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/32 "2012-12-03T19:11:55Z")
Dubya Dee. If I’m going formal, “dox-und”, like the majority of other US folks. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/33 "2012-12-03T19:13:34Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > Dot-sun Me too ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/34 "2012-12-03T19:21:22Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > Dot-sun Silly, that’s the name of a car. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/35 "2012-12-03T19:28:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Silly, that’s the name of a car. Wait. That was a serious answer? Some people call them “Datsuns”? ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/36 "2012-12-03T19:29:58Z")
10% serious, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/37 "2012-12-03T19:34:27Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yup, DAHKS-und. That’s how pretty much everyone in the U.S. says it, as far as I know. - 1 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/38 "2012-12-03T19:40:06Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Wait. That was a serious answer? Some people call them “Datsuns”? I did. When I was _five_. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/39 "2012-12-03T19:40:25Z")
I pronounce it “DOCKS hoond”. Side note: According to my Frankfurt friend who owns two, the Germans usually call 'em Dackel(n) instead. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864/40 "2012-12-03T20:07:10Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > Dot-sun Nissan! Um, dox-hund, anyway. You know, for the dog breed. Think they’re cute as buttons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-dachshund/642864.md?page=3)