How do you pronounce "dachshund"?

Other.

I’m not consistent, doing, depending on when I say it, an approximation of the German (dahks hund), a slightly different version of the English than you’ve transcribed above (dash hund), a bastardized combo of both (dax hund), or a lazy version of the German (dahks un).

Ranking them in likelihood that I will say them…

Dahks un
Dash hund
Dahks hund
Dax hund.

Could be, that’s how I pronounce it. All though there’s also a slight “h” sound in there too, like Dash-hund.

I own an infernal, stubborn wiener dog. I’ve never ever heard anyone pronounce DASH-hund.

Normally I say DOX-un because I’m Southern and we drop the last letter off everything. If people ask me what kind of dogs I have I say a Weenie and a Collie.

I guess my pronunciation is somewhere between the official German (as per the poll) and this.

Whoah, seriously? “Dash”? That’s bizarre.

Woman at work: “…dash hound…”

gigi: :confused:

Woman at work: “You know, a weiner dog?”

gigi: :smack:
For me, it’s docks-hoont.

Concur.

I think we’re onto something.

DOCKS-und. If I called them Docks-hoont I’d have to put the little jackboots on them, and that’s too much trouble. Especially since they’re not my dogs.

Know why the cowboy got a dachshund?

He wanted to get a long little doggie.
I tend to say dox-und, pretending that there isn’t really an ‘h’ there at all.

I don’t hear many people say it REALLY German, but a sorta German, “dockshund,” is the preferred method. I’m Canadian, btw, southern Ontario.

“Dash hound” is disgraceful.

No, it’s lovely. Pure folk etymology, reinforced by the delightful custom of Wiener Dog Racing.

I must admit, although I’ve pronounced it “DASH-und”, I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it “dash-hound”, with the “hound” sound in there.

Another for Dox-und.

That houn’ soun’ sho’ do get aroun’.

Dash Hound is common in Australia. But having said that ‘Daks-und’ is not unknown either. Never hear weiner dog, because what the hell is a weiner? (That’s a joke son. I know what a weiner is, it’s just not a term that is used in Oz)

I don’t see how the pronunciation of a word can be ‘disgraceful’ :rolleyes: . You Yanks pronounce all sorts of stuff funny :stuck_out_tongue: , but I don’t think it’s disgraceful.

Docks-und, usually. If one is being especially clever, then “teckel.” Often I translate from the German and call them “sneaky little bastards.”

Me neither, though I accidentally voted for it.

It funny to me that the only pronunciation I’ve ever heard (DAHKS-und) isn’t even represented in the poll.

“DOCK-suhnd,” which is the only way I’ve ever heard it pronounced by any English speaker. Not sure what you meant by the “English way”. British, perhaps?

ETA: Now I saw a few other responses, and they agree with me (despite the slightly different ways we’re choosing to spell this same pronunciation.)

Dash-hound… or Sausage Dog.

Nah it isn’t, just anglicized . “The dog”.

I would never get a dachshund though, they’re one of the freaks of the canine world.