Riesentier
German, noun/ˈʁiːzn̩tiːɐ̯/
Riesentier is spelled R-I-E-S-E-N-T-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riesentier is a German neuter noun meaning “behemoth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “extrem großes Tier”.
What does Riesentier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbehemoth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extrem großes Tier
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 Riesentier
- Riesentieres genitive
- Riesentiers genitive
- Riesentiere plural
- Riesentieren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Riesentier?
- /ˈʁiːzn̩tiːɐ̯/
- [ˈʁiːzn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Riesentier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Riesentier in German?
Riesentier appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).