Urtier
German, noun[ˈuːɐ̯ˌtiːɐ̯]
Urtier is spelled U-R-T-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written German, the 618,004th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urtier is a German neuter noun meaning “protozoon, protozoan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der Protozoen, Sammelbegriff für heterotrophe (nicht zur Assimilation befähigte), eukaryotische…”.
What does Urtier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprotozoon, protozoan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der Protozoen, Sammelbegriff für heterotrophe (nicht zur Assimilation befähigte), eukaryotische Einzeller 2. Tier aus vergangenen Erdzeitaltern
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 Urtier
- Urtieres genitive
- Urtiers genitive
- Urtiere plural
- Urtieren dative definite plural
- Urtierchen variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Urtier?
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Urtier in German?
Urtier appears about once in every 95 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).