Polyglot Dictionary

Tierheim

/ˈtiːɐ̯ˌhaɪ̯m/

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

Forms

plural
Tierheime

Meaning

  1. animal shelter

    Built from Tier (animal) + Heim (home).

    • Wir haben den Hund aus dem Tierheim.

      We got the dog from the animal shelter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Tier animal
  • Heim home

Practice

1 What does Tierheim mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir haben den Hund aus dem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tierheim?

nouncompound

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