Vokabahn

Tier

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Noun

das Tier

Pronunciation: /tiːr/

animal

A2 rank #1,416 plural Tiere

Meanings

Noun
  1. animal
  2. A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc
  3. hind (female red deer)

Example sentence

Was, denken Sie, ist das gefährlichste Tier?

What do you think is the most dangerous animal?

Word forms

singular das Tier
plural die Tiere

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Tier
Accusativedas Tier
Dativedem Tier
Genitivedes Tieres

Plural

Nominativedie Tiere
Accusativedie Tiere
Dativeden Tieren
Genitiveder Tiere

Usage

  • ein Tier füttern — Feed an animal; the animal is accusative.
  • das Tier / die Tiere — The noun is neuter; the plural adds -e.
Extra sentence

Im Wald haben wir keine Tiere gesehen.

We saw no animals in the forest.