Thier
See also: thier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Thier.
Proper noun
Thier (plural Thiers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Thier is the 35721st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Thier is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- Erith, Reith, Rieth, rithe, tehri, their, theri-
German
Noun
Thier n (strong, genitive Thieres or Thiers, plural Thiere, diminutive Thierchen n or Thierlein n)
- Obsolete spelling of Tier which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
- 1813, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Einleitungsvorlesungen in die Wissenschaftslehre (edited by Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Leipzig, 1834), page 13:
- Wie, nach ihnen, die Pflanze nicht anders kann, denn wachsen, das Thier nicht anders, denn sich bewegen, […]
- How, following them, the plant can’t but grow, the animal can’t but move […]
- 1813, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Einleitungsvorlesungen in die Wissenschaftslehre (edited by Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Leipzig, 1834), page 13:
Declension
Declension of Thier [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Thier | die | Thiere |
genitive | eines | des | Thieres, Thiers | der | Thiere |
dative | einem | dem | Thier, Thiere1 | den | Thieren |
accusative | ein | das | Thier | die | Thiere |
1Now uncommon, see notes.