Meanings
rottweiler1
nounrottweiler (plural rottweilers)
plural rottweilers
- Alternative letter-case form of Rottweiler.
In September 2006 five-month-old Caydee-Lee Glaze was mauled to death by two rottweilers at her family's pub in the Midlands, and that Christmas one-year-old Archie-Lee Hirst was killed by a family rottweiler in Leeds.
2009 February 8, David Smith, Charles Yates, “Baby boy savaged to death by family dogs”, in The Observer
Rottweiler2
nounRottweiler (plural Rottweilers)
plural Rottweilers
- figurativelyA very aggressive or short-tempered person.
Origin
- GermanRottweil
- Proto-Indo-European*wer-
- Proto-Germanic*warjaną
- Proto-Germanic*warjaz
- GermanRottweiler
- EnglishRottweiler
Borrowed from German Rottweiler.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic روت فايلر
- روت فايلرbreed of dog
Bulgarian ротвайлер
- ротвайлер (rotvajler)breed of dog
Chinese Mandarin 羅威那 /罗威那, 洛威拿
- 羅威那 /罗威那 (luówēinà)breed of dog
- 洛威拿 (luòwēiná)breed of dog
Czech rotvajler
- rotvajlerbreed of dog
Dutch rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
Finnish rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
French rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
German Rottweiler
- Rottweilerbreed of dog
Hebrew רוֹטְוַיְלֶר
- רוֹטְוַיְלֶר (rotváyler)breed of dog
Irish rótvaidhléir
- rótvaidhléirbreed of dog
Japanese ロットワイラー
- ロットワイラー (rottowairā)breed of dog
Lithuanian rotveileris
- rotveilerisbreed of dog
Polish rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
Portuguese rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
Russian ротве́йлер
- ротве́йлер (rotvéjler)breed of dog
Swedish rottweiler
- rottweilerbreed of dog
Cite this entry
APA
rottweiler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rottweiler
MLA
“rottweiler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rottweiler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rottweiler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rottweiler.
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