tierisch
German, adjective/ˈtiːʁɪʃ/
tierisch is spelled T-I-E-R-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tierisch is a German adjective meaning “animal; beastly, brutal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art und Weise eines Tieres, sich auf ein Tier beziehend, zu einem Tier gehörig”.
What does tierisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
animal; beastly, brutal
- 2
slangextremely
tierisch geil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art und Weise eines Tieres, sich auf ein Tier beziehend, zu einem Tier gehörig
particle: 1. sehr, arg
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 tierisch
- tierischer masculine nominative singular
- am tierischsten superlative
- tierische feminine nominative singular
- tierisches neuter nominative singular
- tierischen genitive masculine singular
- tierischem dative masculine singular
- der tierische definite includes-article masculine
- die tierische definite feminine includes-article
- das tierische definite includes-article neuter
- die tierischen definite includes-article nominative
- des tierischen definite genitive includes-article
- der tierischen definite feminine genitive
- dem tierischen dative definite includes-article
- thierisch obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tierisch?
- /ˈtiːʁɪʃ/
- [ˈtiːʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tierisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tierisch in German?
tierisch appears 3.0 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).