Meanings
plural German shepherds
- countableA large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.
Synonyms: alsatian, Alsatian shepherd, Alsatian wolf dog, German Shepherd Dog, Nazi Shepherd
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbreed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A more commonly used shortening of German Shepherd Dog.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Duitse Herdershond
- Duitse Herdershondbreed of dog
Arabic كَلْب راعٍ أَلْمَانِيّ
- كَلْب راعٍ أَلْمَانِيّ (kalb rāʕin ʔalmāniyy)breed of dog
Basque alemaniar artzain txakur
- alemaniar artzain txakurbreed of dog
Bulgarian не́мска овча́рка
- не́мска овча́рка (némska ovčárka)breed of dog
Catalan pastor alemany
- pastor alemanybreed of dog
Chinese Mandarin 德國牧羊犬 /德国牧羊犬
- 德國牧羊犬 /德国牧羊犬 (Déguó mùyángquǎn)breed of dog
Czech německý ovčák
- německý ovčákbreed of dog
Danish schæferhund
- schæferhundbreed of dog
Dutch Duitse herdershond, Duitse herder
- Duitse herdershondbreed of dog
- Duitse herderbreed of dog
Esperanto germana ŝafhundo
- germana ŝafhundobreed of dog
Estonian saksa lambakoer
- saksa lambakoerbreed of dog
Finnish saksanpaimenkoira, sakemanni
- saksanpaimenkoirabreed of dog
- sakemannibreed of dog
French berger allemand, berger alsacien
- berger allemandbreed of dog
- berger alsacienbreed of dog
- berger d'Alsacebreed of dog
German deutscher Schäferhund
- deutscher Schäferhundbreed of dog
Greek γερμανικός ποιμενικός, λυκόσκυλο
- γερμανικός ποιμενικός (germanikós poimenikós)breed of dog
- λυκόσκυλο (lykóskylo)breed of dog
Hebrew רועה גרמני
- רועה גרמניbreed of dog
Hungarian német juhászkutya, német juhász
- német juhászkutyabreed of dog
- német juhászbreed of dog
Icelandic þýskur fjárhundur
- þýskur fjárhundurbreed of dog
Indonesian anjing gembala Jerman
- anjing gembala Jermanbreed of dog
Irish alsáiseach, aoire Gearmánach
- alsáiseachbreed of dog
- aoire Gearmánachbreed of dog
- madra Alsáiseachbreed of dog
Italian pastore tedesco
- pastore tedescobreed of dog
Japanese ジャーマン・シェパード・ドッグ, ドイツシェパード
- ジャーマン・シェパード・ドッグ (Jāman Shepādo Doggu)breed of dog
- ドイツシェパード (Doitsu Shepādo)breed of dog
Korean 셰퍼드
- 셰퍼드 (Syepeodeu)breed of dog
Latvian vācu aitu suns
- vācu aitu sunsbreed of dog
Lithuanian vokiečių aviganis
- vokiečių aviganisbreed of dog
Malay anjing gembala Jerman
- anjing gembala Jermanbreed of dog
Norwegian schäferhund
- schäferhundbreed of dog
Persian جرمن شپرد
- جرمن شپرد (jarman šepard)breed of dog
Polish owczarek niemiecki
- owczarek niemieckibreed of dog
Portuguese pastor-alemão
- pastor-alemãobreed of dog
Romanian ciobănesc german
- ciobănesc germanbreed of dog
Russian неме́цкая овча́рка
- неме́цкая овча́рка (neméckaja ovčárka)breed of dog
Scottish Gaelic buachaille Gearmailteach
- buachaille Gearmailteachbreed of dog
Slovak nemecký ovčiak
- nemecký ovčiakbreed of dog
Spanish pastor alemán
- pastor alemánbreed of dog
Swedish schäfer
- schäferbreed of dog
Thai เยอรมันเชฟเฟิร์ด
- เยอรมันเชฟเฟิร์ด (yerráman chêffêrt)breed of dog
Turkish Alman çoban köpeği, Alman kurdu
- Alman çoban köpeğibreed of dog
- Alman kurdubreed of dog
Ukrainian німе́цька вівча́рка
- німе́цька вівча́рка (nimécʹka vivčárka)breed of dog
Vietnamese chó bẹc-giê
- chó bẹc-giêbreed of dog
Welsh ci defaid Almaenig
- ci defaid Almaenigbreed of dog
Cite this entry
German shepherd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/German%20shepherd
“German shepherd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/German%20shepherd. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “German shepherd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/German%20shepherd.
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