Vieh
German, noun/fiː/
Vieh is spelled V-I-E-H (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vieh is a German neuter noun meaning “livestock; farm animals (animals kept for their milk, meat, skin, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller Nutztiere, die in der Landwirtschaft gehalten werden”.
What does Vieh mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlivestock; farm animals (animals kept for their milk, meat, skin, etc.)
Das Vieh grast auf der Weide.
- 2
neuteralternative form of Viech (“animal, beast”)
Wenn so ein Vieh vor einem steht, kommt man sich ziemlich klein und schwach vor.
- 3
derogatoryneuterbeast; swine (person behaving in a boorish or inhumane way)
Du Vieh! Wie kannst du nur!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller Nutztiere, die in der Landwirtschaft gehalten werden 2. Rindvieh 3. roher, brutaler Mensch 4. Tier
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 Vieh
- Viehes genitive
- Viehs genitive
- Viehe dative singular
- Viech variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vieh?
- /fiː/
- [fiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vieh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vieh in German?
Vieh appears 6.5 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).