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Tier.

animal (see usage notes below)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/tiːr/[tʰiːɐ̯]
  1. animal (see usage notes below)

    neuter · strong
  2. A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.

    neuter · strong
    Wenn er getrunken hat, wird er zum Tier.
  3. hind (female red deer)

    jargon · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German tier, from Old High German tior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate to English deer.

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