Windhund

German

Etymology

From Wind +‎ Hund (“dog”), perhaps adapted from older wendisch (“Wendish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪnthʊnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Windhund m (strong, genitive Windhundes or Windhunds, plural Windhunde)

1. sighthound, gazehound, (US) greyhound
2. (derogatory, dated) rake

Declension

Declension of Windhund [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Windhund	die	Windhunde
genitive	eines	des	Windhundes, Windhunds	der	Windhunde
dative	einem	dem	Windhund, Windhunde1	den	Windhunden
accusative	einen	den	Windhund	die	Windhunde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Windhund” in Duden online
• “Windhund”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)