Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entlebucher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: entle-buch-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dog of a breed traditionally used by herders in the Swiss Alps.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Entlebucher Sennenhund, from Entlebuch, a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Entlebucher

Inflected Forms

Entlebuchers (plural)

Phrases

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Synonyms

Entlebuch Cattle Dog

Questions

What does entlebucher mean?: A dog of a breed traditionally used by herders in the Swiss Alps.
Where does entlebucher come from?: It is traced to German.

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