tierlieb
German, adjective/ˈtiːɐ̯liːp/
tierlieb is spelled T-I-E-R-L-I-E-B (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tierlieb is a German adjective meaning “loving animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tiere gut behandelnd, sich gern in Gesellschaft von Tieren aufhaltend, Tiere sehr mögend”.
What does tierlieb mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loving animals
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Tiere gut behandelnd, sich gern in Gesellschaft von Tieren aufhaltend, Tiere sehr mögend
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 tierlieb
- tierlieber masculine nominative singular
- am tierliebsten superlative
- tierliebe feminine nominative singular
- tierliebes neuter nominative singular
- tierlieben genitive masculine singular
- tierliebem dative masculine singular
- der tierliebe definite includes-article masculine
- die tierliebe definite feminine includes-article
- das tierliebe definite includes-article neuter
- die tierlieben definite includes-article nominative
- des tierlieben definite genitive includes-article
- der tierlieben definite feminine genitive
- dem tierlieben dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tierlieb?
- /ˈtiːɐ̯liːp/
- [ˈtiːɐ̯ˌliːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tierlieb in German?
tierlieb 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).