Rottweiler

See also: rottweiler

English

Rottweiler.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rottweiler, from German Rottweil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒtvaɪlə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɒtwaɪlə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

Rottweiler (plural Rottweilers)

1. A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.
2. (figurative) A very aggressive or short-tempered person.

Derived terms

• God's Rottweiler
• Rottie

Translations

breed of dog

• Arabic: روت فايلر
• Bulgarian: ротвайлер (rotvajler)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅威那 / 罗威那 (luówēinà), 洛威拿 (luòwēiná)

• Czech: rotvajler m
• Dutch: rottweiler (nl) m
• Finnish: rottweiler
• French: rottweiler (fr) m
• German: Rottweiler (de) m
• Hebrew: רוֹטְוַיְלֶר (rot.váyler)
• Irish: rótvaidhléir m
• Japanese: ロットワイラー (rottowairā)
• Lithuanian: rotveileris m
• Macedonian: ротвајлер m (rotvajler)
• Polish: rottweiler (pl) m
• Portuguese: rottweiler m or f
• Russian: ротве́йлер (ru) m (rotvéjler)
• Swedish: rottweiler (sv) c

German

Etymology

Rottweil +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔtvaɪ̯lɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Rottweiler m (strong, genitive Rottweilers, plural Rottweiler, feminine Rottweilerin)

1. a man from the city of Rottweil
2. Rottweiler (dog breed)

Declension

Declension of Rottweiler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rottweiler	die	Rottweiler
genitive	eines	des	Rottweilers	der	Rottweiler
dative	einem	dem	Rottweiler	den	Rottweilern
accusative	einen	den	Rottweiler	die	Rottweiler

Adjective

Rottweiler (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Rottweil

Usage notes

• Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.