Tierkreis
German, noun[ˈtiːɐ̯kʁaɪ̯s]
Tierkreis is spelled T-I-E-R-K-R-E-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tierkreis is a German masculine noun meaning “zodiac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “astrologischer Name der Ekliptik, eingeteilt in nach Sternbildern benannte Zwölftel”.
What does Tierkreis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezodiac
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. astrologischer Name der Ekliptik, eingeteilt in nach Sternbildern benannte Zwölftel
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 Tierkreis
- Tierkreises genitive
- Thierkreis obsolete
- Thierkreiß obsolete
- Tierkreise dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tierkreis?
- [ˈtiːɐ̯kʁaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tierkreis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tierkreis in German?
Tierkreis appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).