Kriechtier
German, noun/ˈkʁiːçˌtiːɐ̯/
Kriechtier is spelled K-R-I-E-C-H-T-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriechtier is a German neuter noun meaning “reptile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Landwirbeltier, das mit Schuppen oder Hornplatten bedeckt ist und kein Larvenstadium durchlebt”.
What does Kriechtier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterreptile
- 2
neuterany crawling or creeping animal, i.e. one whose body touches (or almost touches) the ground when it moves
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Landwirbeltier, das mit Schuppen oder Hornplatten bedeckt ist und kein Larvenstadium durchlebt
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 Kriechtier
- Kriechtieres genitive
- Kriechtiers genitive
- Kriechtiere plural
- Kriechtieren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriechtier?
- /ˈkʁiːçˌtiːɐ̯/
- [ˈkʁiːçˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kriechtier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kriechtier in German?
Kriechtier appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).