Herdentier

German

Etymology

From Herde (“herd”) +‎ -n- +‎ Tier (“animal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈheːɐ̯dn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
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Hyphenation: Her‧den‧tier

Noun

Herdentier n (strong, genitive Herdentieres or Herdentiers, plural Herdentiere)

herd animal

Declension

Declension of Herdentier [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Herdentier	die	Herdentiere
genitive	eines	des	Herdentieres, Herdentiers	der	Herdentiere
dative	einem	dem	Herdentier, Herdentiere¹	den	Herdentieren
accusative	ein	das	Herdentier	die	Herdentiere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Herdentier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Herdentier” in Duden online

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