Tier
See also: tier
GermanEdit
| Picture dictionary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
|
Alternative formsEdit
- Thier (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German tier, from Old High German tior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Tier n (strong, genitive Tieres or Tiers, plural Tiere, diminutive Tierchen n or Tierlein n)
- animal (see usage notes below)
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 25/2010, page 140:
- Mit seinen 30 Meter Länge und mitunter mehr als 150 Tonnen Gewicht übertrifft der Blauwal jedes andere Tier auf Erden.
- With its length of 30 meters and weight of sometimes more than 150 tons the blue whale surpasses every other animal on Earth.
- A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
- Wenn er getrunken hat, wird er zum Tier.
- When he’s had a drink, he turns into an animal.
- (hunting jargon) hind (female red deer)
Usage notesEdit
- Like English “animal”, German Tier has several possible scopes of meaning: Restriction to non-human land mammals is archaic. Restriction to non-human tetrapods is dated. The commonest contemporary use is that including all non-human animals. The inclusion of man is scientific, but also possible otherwise depending on the context.
- In informal speech, the word sometimes refers specifically to insects, spiders, etc.: Mach mal das Fenster zu, dass keine Tiere reinkommen. (“Close the window please, so no bugs get inside.”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Tier [neuter, strong]
HyponymsEdit
- Alphatier
- Arbeitstier
- Augentier
- Ballontier
- Beuteltier
- Beutetier
- Chordatier
- Fabeltier
- Fadentier
- Faultier
- Feldtier
- Fleckentier
- Fußtier
- Getier
- Gewohnheitstier
- Gifttier
- Glockentier
- Großtier
- Haustier
- Häutungstier
- Herdentier
- Herrentier
- Hodentier
- Horntier
- Huftier
- Infusionstier
- Jagdtier
- Jungtier
- Kerbtier
- Kiefertier
- Kleintier
- Kloakentier
- Knotentier
- Krebstier
- Kriechtier
- Krustentier
- Kuscheltier
- Lasttier
- Leittier
- Luftballontier
- Mähnentier
- Manteltier
- Markentier
- Maultier
- Meerestier
- Murmeltier
- Muscheltier
- Muskeltier
- Muttertier
- Nagetier
- Nasentier
- Nörgeltier
- Nutztier
- Packtier
- Plastiktier
- Plüschtier
- Raubtier
- Reittier
- Rentier
- Riesentier
- Rüsseltier
- Säugetier
- Schädeltier
- Schalentier
- Schlachttier
- Schmusetier
- Schnabeltier
- Schnapptier
- Schuppentier
- Seetier
- Spinnentier
- Stechtier
- Stinktier
- Stofftier
- Streifentier
- Tragtier
- Trampeltier
- Untier
- Waldtier
- Wappentier
- Wassertier
- Weichtier
- Weidetier
- Wildtier
- Wirbeltier
- Würgtier
- Wüstentier
- Zirkustier
- Zootier
- Zuchttier
- Zugtier
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Tier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tier” in Duden online
Tier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
MohawkEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Tier
ReferencesEdit
- Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 489