Polyglot Dictionary

Tierfutter

/ˈtiːɐ̯ˌfʊtɐ/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. animal feed

    Built from Tier (animal) + Futter (food).

    • Sie kauft Tierfutter.

      She buys pet food.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Tier animal
  • Futter food

Similar words

futtermittel

Tierfutter is the everyday word for pet or animal food; Futtermittel is the more technical, agricultural term used in industry and regulation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

pienso

pienso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "animal feed."

Practice

1 What does Tierfutter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie kauft ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tierfutter?

nouncompound

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