Gürteltier
German, noun/ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtiːɐ̯/
Gürteltier is spelled G-Ü-R-T-E-L-T-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gürteltier is a German neuter noun meaning “armadillo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tier der gleichnamigen Ordnung von Säugetieren”.
What does Gürteltier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterarmadillo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tier der gleichnamigen Ordnung von Säugetieren
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 Gürteltier
- Gürteltieres genitive
- Gürteltiers genitive
- Gürteltiere plural
- Gürteltieren dative definite plural
- Gürtelthier obsolete
- Gürthelthier obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gürteltier?
- /ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtiːɐ̯/
- [ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gürteltier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gürteltier in German?
Gürteltier appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).