Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapphund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-phund
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of spitz, traditionally used to herd reindeer

Example Sentences

"Participant dogs (25 privately owned pet dogs and 8 kennel-housed beagles) were on average 4.6 years old (SD 2.2), and represented 13 different breeds and mongrels (8 beagles, 6 border collies, 3 hovawarts, 3 beauce shepherds, 2 rough collies, 2 smooth collies, 1 great Pyrenees, 1 Welsh corgi, 1 Australian kelpie, 1 lagotto romagnolo, 1 Manchester terrier, 1 Swedish vallhund, 1 Finnish lapphund, 2 mongrels)."

Etymology

From Swedish lapphund, from lapp (“Lapp”) + hund (“dog”).

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: lapphund

Inflected Forms

lapphunds (plural)

Phrases

Finnish Lapphund Swedish Lapphund

Frequently Paired Words

Finnish Lapphund Swedish Lapphund

Synonyms

lappy

Questions

What does lapphund mean?: A type of spitz, traditionally used to herd reindeer
Where does lapphund come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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