Rottweiler

Rottweiler

See also: rottweiler

English

Rottweiler.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rottweiler, from German Rottweil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒtvaɪlə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɒtwaɪlə(ɹ)/

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) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅威那／罗威那 (luówēinà), 洛威拿 (luòwēiná) Czech: rotvajler m Dutch: rottweiler (nl) m Finnish: rottweiler French: rottweiler (fr) m German: Rottweiler (de) m Hebrew: רוֹטְוַיְלֶר‎ (rot.váyler) Irish: rótvaidhléir m Japanese: ロットワイラー (rottowairā) Lithuanian: rotveileris m Macedonian: ротвајлер m (rotvajler) Polish: rottweiler (pl) m Portuguese: rottweiler m or f Russian: ротве́йлер (ru) m (rotvéjler) Swedish: rottweiler (sv) c

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German

Etymology

Rottweil +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔtvaɪ̯lɐ/

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Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Rottweiler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rottweiler	die	Rottweiler
genitive	eines	des	Rottweilers	der	Rottweiler
dative	einem	dem	Rottweiler	den	Rottweilern
accusative	einen	den	Rottweiler	die	Rottweiler

Adjective

Rottweiler (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Rottweil

Usage notes

• Words like this are indeclinable adjectives in modern German, as noted by the Duden, DWDS and other modern references. They originated as genitive plurals of substantives, as noted by 18th century grammarian Johann Christoph Adelung and 19th century linguist Hermann Möller: e.g. Berliner Pfannkuchen = Pfannkuchen der Berliner = "pancake of the Berliners". See -er.