Tier

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Meaning

  1. (neuter,strong) animal (see usage notes below)
  2. (neuter,strong) A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
  3. (jargon,neuter,strong) hind (female red deer)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dier

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

viich

Zürich

Zürich

tier

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tiːr/
Etymology

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

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