Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

norwegian buhund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nor-we-gian buhund
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.

Etymology

From Norwegian + Norwegian buhund, from bu (“homestead, a simple building or mountain hut (where the shepherd lived while looking after his herd in the summer) but can also mean stock, as in livestock”) + hund (“dog”).

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: buhund

Inflected Forms

Norwegian Buhunds (plural)

Questions

What does norwegian buhund mean?: A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.
Where does norwegian buhund come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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