Saurier
German, noun/ˈzaʊ̯ʁi̯ɐ/
Saurier is spelled S-A-U-R-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saurier is a German masculine noun meaning “saurian, reptile of the Sauria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sammelbegriff der zoologischen Fachsprache für die Echsen”.
What does Saurier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaurian, reptile of the Sauria
- 2
informalmasculinedinosaur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sammelbegriff der zoologischen Fachsprache für die Echsen 2. Kurzform für Dinosaurier und anderer ausgestorbener Echsen
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 Saurier
- Sauriers genitive
- Sauriern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Saurier?
- /ˈzaʊ̯ʁi̯ɐ/
- [ˈzaʊ̯ʁiɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Saurier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Saurier in German?
Saurier appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).