Tier
German, noun/tiːr/
Tier is spelled T-I-E-R (4 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written German, the 2,063rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tier is a German neuter noun meaning “animal (see usage notes below)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lebewesen, das seine Energie nicht durch Photosynthese gewinnt und Sauerstoff zur Atmung benötigt, aber kein…”.
What does Tier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteranimal (see usage notes below)
- 2
neuterA person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
Wenn er getrunken hat, wird er zum Tier.
- 3
neuterhind (female red deer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lebewesen, das seine Energie nicht durch Photosynthese gewinnt und Sauerstoff zur Atmung benötigt, aber kein Pilz ist 2. atmendes Lebewesen entsprechend [1] mit Ausnahme des Menschen 3. weiblicher Hirsch; Hirschkuh
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 Tier
- Tieres genitive
- Tiers genitive
- Tiere plural
- Tierchen diminutive neuter
- Tierlein diminutive neuter
- Tieren dative definite plural
- Thier alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tier?
- /tiːr/
- [tʰiːɐ̯]
- [tiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tier in German?
Tier appears 41 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).