Dobermann

See also: dobermann

English

A European Dobermann.

Alternative forms

• Doberman

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dobermann, from the name of Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, who first developed this breed. Dobermann was born "Tobermann." Tobermann is derived from "Tober" (an Ashkenazic variant of Tauber) plus a suffixal -mann. Tauber is both the name of a river in Germany, and the German word for a pigeon (variant of Taube (“dove, pigeon”), formed [perhaps] to distinguish meaning.) The former is derived from Celtic, the latter from Proto-Germanic. See Dover, dove.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Dobermann (plural Dobermanns)

1. A large breed of guard dog bred in Germany.

Synonyms

• Dobermann Pinscher

Translations

large dog originating in Germany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜賓犬／杜宾犬 (Dùbīnquǎn)

• Dutch: dobermannpincher (nl) m, dobermann (nl) m
• Esperanto: dobermanno
• Finnish: dobermanni (fi)
• French: doberman (fr) m, dobermann (fr) m
• German: Dobermann (de) m
• Hebrew: דוברמן, דוברמן פינצ'ר
• Irish: pinséir Dobermann m
• Japanese: ドーベルマン (dōberuman)
• Korean: 도베르만 (dobereuman)
• Lithuanian: dobermanas m
• Macedonian: доберман m (doberman)
• Persian: دوبرمن, دوبرمن پینچر
• Polish: doberman (pl) m
• Portuguese: doberman m or f, dobermann (pt) m or f
• Russian: до́берман-пи́нчер (ru) m (dóberman-pínčer)
• Spanish: dóberman (es) m or f

Further reading

• Dobermann on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːbɐman/

• Audio:

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Noun

Dobermann m (strong, genitive Dobermannes or Dobermanns, plural Dobermänner)

1. Dobermann

Declension

Declension of Dobermann [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dobermann	die	Dobermänner
genitive	eines	des	Dobermannes, Dobermanns	der	Dobermänner
dative	einem	dem	Dobermann, Dobermanne1	den	Dobermännern
accusative	einen	den	Dobermann	die	Dobermänner

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Dobermann” in Duden online