das Tier (animal)

das Tier

like das Blatt

Is it der, die or das Tier?

It's das Tier. Plural: die Tiere.

Meaning
animal
Gender
neuter
Level
A1 · Animals
Riddle
Das Lebewesen, das keine Pflanze und kein Mensch ist.

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Most German nouns don't show their article. Tier is one to learn by heart, which is what the picture in its world is for.

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Tier in other languages

Czech
zvíře
Slovak
zviera
Hungarian
állat
Slovenian
žival
Italian
animale
Croatian
životinja
Bosnian
životinja
Serbian
životinja
Romanian
animal
Polish
zwierzę
Ukrainian
тварина
Turkish
hayvan
Arabic
حيوان
Persian
حیوان
Dari (Afghanistan)
حیوان
Pashto (Afghanistan)
حیوان

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