Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows.
1Slightly older than Ifor, he had much about him of a good badger dog.
2Dachshund means " badger dog," and it is a title fairly and squarely earned in his native Germany.
3In fact, that's what they were originally bred for; " badger dog," that's what dachshund means in German.
Translations for badger dog