Gewohnheitstier
German, noun/ɡəˈvoːnhaɪ̯t͡sˌtiːɐ̯/
Gewohnheitstier is spelled G-E-W-O-H-N-H-E-I-T-S-T-I-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewohnheitstier is a German neuter noun meaning “creature of habit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die keine Veränderungen mag und deren Lebensweise von Gewohnheiten geprägt wird”.
What does Gewohnheitstier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercreature of habit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die keine Veränderungen mag und deren Lebensweise von Gewohnheiten geprägt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gewohnheitstier
- Gewohnheitstieres genitive
- Gewohnheitstiers genitive
- Gewohnheitstiere plural
- Gewohnheitstieren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gewohnheitstier?
- /ɡəˈvoːnhaɪ̯t͡sˌtiːɐ̯/
- [ɡəˈvoːnhaɪ̯t͡sˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gewohnheitstier in German?
Gewohnheitstier appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).