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The article for

Tierchen

das Tierchen

Tierchen is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Tierchen

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Why is it das Tierchen?

Tierchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
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das

Meaning

[1] Small animal, young animal

[1] kleines Tier, junges Tier

Examples

[1] The children used the injured animal again healthy

[1] Die Kinder pflegten das verletzte Tierchen wieder gesund.

[1] "The landlord tastes of its seal, you have to move the bar more to the window, such animals also want a little light" "

[1] „Der Wirt schmeckt an seiner Plombe, man muß den Stieglitz mehr ans Fenster rücken, solch Tierchen will auch ein bißchen Licht.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "We, as future space passengers, arise the question of what may have prompted the animals under these unusual circumstances to multiply so boldly"

[1] „Uns, als künftigen Weltraumpassagieren, drängt sich die Frage auf, was die Tierchen unter diesen ungewöhnlichen Umständen bewogen haben mag, sich so kühn zu vermehren.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Tierchen die Tierchen
Genitiv des Tierchens der Tierchen
Dativ dem Tierchen den Tierchen
Akkusativ das Tierchen die Tierchen

Pronunciation

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