Herdentier
German, noun[ˈheːɐ̯dn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
Herdentier is spelled H-E-R-D-E-N-T-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herdentier is a German neuter noun meaning “herd animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tier, das in Gemeinschaft mit einer meist größeren Anzahl von Artgenossen lebt”.
What does Herdentier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterherd animal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tier, das in Gemeinschaft mit einer meist größeren Anzahl von Artgenossen lebt 2. gleichartig handelnde Menschen in einer Menschenmasse
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 Herdentier
- Herdentieres genitive
- Herdentiers genitive
- Herdentiere plural
- Herdentieren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herdentier?
- [ˈheːɐ̯dn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Herdentier in German?
Herdentier appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).