The Dutch word for animal is
dier
Translations for animal and their definitions
| dier | |
| 1. n. animal | |
| 2. det. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural of die). | |
| De verdachte heeft zich samen met een vriend, haar dochter en dier vriend schuldig gemaakt aan de moord op haar echtgenoot ... (from a verdict of the Court of Justice at 's-Gravenhage, 2011) | |
| The accused (woman) is guilty of having murdered her husband in cooperation with a friend, her daughter and the latter's friend ... |
| beest | |
| 1. n. animal, beast | |
| Er zit een beestje in m'n soep. | |
| There is a bug in my soup. |
| dierlijk | |
| 1. adj. (literally) animal -, relating to fauna | |
| 2. adj. made of animal(s) (parts), such as furs and edible species | |
| 3. adj. (pejorative) beastly, subhuman etc. | |
| 4. adj. (figuratively) instinctive, primitive |
| dierlijke | |
| 1. adj. inflected form of dierlijk |
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