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lundehund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lun-de-hund
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a spitz dog originating in Norway, traditionally used for hunting puffin.

Etymology

From Norwegian lundehund, compound of lunde (“puffin”) and hund (“dog”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

lundehunds (plural)

Synonyms

puffin dog

Questions

What does lundehund mean?
a spitz dog originating in Norway, traditionally used for hunting puffin.
Where does lundehund come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

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