Rottweiler

See also: rottweiler

English

Rottweiler.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rottweiler, from German Rottweil

Noun

Rottweiler (plural Rottweilers)

1. A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.

Translations

breed of dog

• Arabic: روت فايلر
• Bulgarian: ротвайлер (rotvajler)
• Czech: rotvajler m
• Finnish: rottweiler
• French: rottweiler (fr) m
• German: Rottweiler (de) m
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• Hebrew: רוֹטְוַיְלֶר (rot.váyler)
• Japanese: ロットワイラー (rottowairā)
• Lithuanian: rotveileris m
• Mandarin: 羅威那／罗威那
• Portuguese: rottweiler m or f
• Russian: ротве́йлер (ru) m (rotvéjler)

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German

Etymology

Rottweil +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔtvaɪ̯lɐ/

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Noun

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

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

Adjective

Rottweiler (invariable)

1. from, of, or pertaining to 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.