Norwegian Buhund

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.

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Meanings

nounNorwegian Buhund (plural Norwegian Buhunds)

plural Norwegian Buhunds

  1. biologyA 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.

Origin

  1. Norwegianbuhund
  2. EnglishNorwegian Buhund

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”).

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Translations

Finnish buhund
  • buhundbreed of dog
Norwegian Bokmål norsk buhund
  • norsk buhundbreed of dog
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