Tiergarten

See also: Tiergärten

English

Etymology

From German Tiergarten (“zoo”).

Proper noun

Tiergarten

1. A large public park in Berlin.

German

Etymology

From Tier (“animal”) +‎ Garten (“garden”). Cognate with Dutch diergaarde (“zoo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːɐ̯ˌɡaʁtn̩/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Tier‧gar‧ten

Noun

Tiergarten m (strong, genitive Tiergartens, plural Tiergärten)

1. (historical) deer park (enclosed park where deer were kept for hunting by the nobility)
2. zoo

   Synonyms: Zoo, zoologischer Garten, Tierpark

Declension

Declension of Tiergarten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tiergarten	die	Tiergärten
genitive	eines	des	Tiergartens	der	Tiergärten
dative	einem	dem	Tiergarten	den	Tiergärten
accusative	einen	den	Tiergarten	die	Tiergärten

Proper noun

Tiergarten n (proper noun, genitive Tiergartens or (optionally with an article) Tiergarten)

1. A district of Berlin, Germany

Further reading

• “Tiergarten” in Duden online