German shepherd

English

Etymology

A more commonly used shortening of German Shepherd Dog.

Noun

German shepherd (plural German shepherds)

A large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.
Synonyms: alsatian (Alsatian), Alsatian shepherd, Alsatian wolf dog, German Shepherd Dog

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breed of dog

Afrikaans: Duitse Herdershond
Albanian: qen pastori gjerman m
Arabic: كَلْب راعٍ أَلْمَانِيّ m (kalb rāʕin ʔalmāniyy)
Aragonese: pastor alemán m
Armenian: գերմանական հովվաշուն (germanakan hovvašun)
Asturian: pastor alemán m
Azerbaijani: Alman çoban iti
Basque: alemaniar artzain txakur
Belarusian: няме́цкая аўча́рка f (njamjéckaja aŭčárka)
Breton: ki deñved alamaneg m
Bulgarian: не́мска овча́рка f (némska ovčárka)
Catalan: pastor alemany m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德國牧羊犬／德国牧羊犬 (Déguó mùyángquǎn)
Czech: německý ovčák m
Danish: schæferhund c
Dutch: Duitse herdershond (nl) m, Duitse herder (nl) m
Esperanto: germana ŝafhundo
Estonian: saksa lambakoer (et)
Finnish: saksanpaimenkoira (fi), sakemanni (fi)
French: berger allemand (fr) m, berger alsacien (fr) m, berger d’Alsace (fr)
Friulian: pastôr todesc m
Galician: pastor alemán m
Georgian: გერმანელი ნაგაზი (germaneli nagazi)
German: deutscher Schäferhund m
Greek: γερμανικός ποιμενικός m (germanikós poimenikós), λυκόσκυλο (el) n (lykóskylo)
Hebrew: רועה גרמני m
Hungarian: német juhászkutya (hu), német juhász
Icelandic: þýskur fjárhundur m
Indonesian: anjing gembala Jerman
Irish: alsáiseach m, aoire Gearmánach m, madra Alsáiseach m
Italian: pastore tedesco (it) m
Japanese: ジャーマン・シェパード・ドッグ (Jāman Shepādo Doggu), ドイツシェパード (Doitsu Shepādo)
Javanese: asu herder Jerman
Kashubian: òwczôrk miemiecczi m
Kazakh: неміс овчаркасы (nemıs ovçarkasy)
Korean: 셰퍼드 (ko) (Syepeodeu)
Latvian: vācu aitu suns m
Lithuanian: vokiečių aviganis m
Lombard: pastùr todèsch m
Low German:
German Low German: düütsch Scheperhund m
Luxembourgish: däitsche Schéiferhond m
Macedonian: волчјак m (volčjak), германски овчар m (germanski ovčar)
Malay: anjing gembala Jerman
Malayalam: ജർമൻ ഷെപ്പേർഡ് (jaṟmaṉ ṣeppēṟḍŭ)
Maltese: kelb ragħaj Ġermaniż m
Mirandese: pastor aleman m
Navajo: łééchąąʼí nidaʼniłkaadígíí
Norwegian: schäferhund m
Occitan: pastre alemand m
Persian: جرمن شپرد (jarman šepard)
Polish: owczarek niemiecki (pl) m
Portuguese: pastor-alemão (pt) m
Quechua: aliman michiq allqu
Romanian: ciobănesc german m
Russian: неме́цкая овча́рка f (neméckaja ovčárka)
Scots: German Stoddart, German Hird
Scottish Gaelic: buachaille Gearmailteach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: немачки овчар m

Roman: nemački ovčar m
Slovak: nemecký ovčiak m
Slovene: nemški ovčar (sl) m
Spanish: pastor alemán m
Swedish: schäfer (sv) c
Thai: เยอรมันเชฟเฟิร์ด (yerráman chêffêrt)
Turkish: Alman çoban köpeği, Alman kurdu
Ukrainian: німе́цька вівча́рка f (nimécʹka vivčárka)
Vietnamese: chó bẹc-giê
Walloon: bierdjî almand m
Welsh: ci defaid Almaenig m
West Frisian: Dútske hardershûn

German shepherd

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