getier
dasNounanimals; creatures (often used collectively or disparagingly)
English translations
- 01
creature
- 02
animal
Word details
- German meaning
- „Getier“ ist eine abwertende Bezeichnung für kleine Tiere, Ungeziefer oder Insekten.
- English meaning
- vermin
- Synonym
- Kleingetier, Ungeziefer
- German example
- Überall im Haus krabbelte Getier.
- English example
- Vermin crawled everywhere in the house.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Getier
- Plural Form
- None
Related words
- vegetieren
To vegetate
- Nagetier
Rodent
- budgetieren
to budget
- Säugetier
mammal
- Lemure
Lemur
- Nager
A rodent is a mammal characterized by continuously growing incisors that are used for gnawing.
- Schwertwal
Orca
- Wiederkäuer
Ruminant
- Siebenschläfer
Dormouse
- Unterklasse
Subclass
- Subklasse
Subclass
- Unpaarhufer
Odd-toed ungulate
- Penisknochen
Baculum
- Erdferkel
aardvark
- Klippdachs
Rock hyrax
- Fledertier
Bat; a mammal that can fly, typically nocturnal and navigating by echolocation.
- Schneeeule
Snowy owl is a large, white owl that lives in Arctic regions.
- Vierfüßigkeit
quadrupedalism
- Vibrisse
Vibrissa
- Backenhörnchen
Chipmunk
- Waldmurmeltier
Woodchuck
- Gesäuge
The udder refers to the entirety of the teats and mammary glands in mammals, especially in female animals.
- Phylogenese
Phylogeny
- Finanzplanung
Financial planning
- fristen
To eke out a living
- laktieren
To lactate
- endotherm
Endotherm
- oligozän
Oligocene
- vivipar
Viviparous
- Maus
Mouse
- Schaf
sheep
- Flusspferd
Hippopotamus
- Nilpferd
Hippopotamus
- Schwein
pig
- Capybara
Capybara
- Chinchilla
Chinchilla
- Chinchilla
Chinchilla
- Bär
Bear
- Bär
Bear
- Giraffe
Giraffe
- Elefant
elephant
- Tapir
Tapir
- Hase
Rabbit
- Hausmaus
House mouse
- Kamel
Camel
- Igel
Hedgehog
- Ohrenrobbe
eared seal
- Seelöwe
Sea lion
- Bisamratte
Muskrat
Example sentences with “getier”
Überall war kleines Getier zu sehen. (Small creatures were to be seen everywhere.)
Frequently asked questions
Is Getier collective?
Yes, it is a neuter collective noun (das Getier) and is often used to refer to a variety of animals or insects, sometimes with a slightly dismissive tone.