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Ziege

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nounfeminineinformalslang
  1. goat
  2. a stupid, stubborn personusually female
  3. ziegefreshwater fish
  4. GOATgreatest of all time; or, an exceptionally talented person

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeZiegeZiegen
genitiveZiegeZiegen
dativeZiegeZiegen
accusativeZiegeZiegen

Used in the library

  • Ihr Freund Peter hütet die Ziegen.Her friend Peter looks after the goats.A1Johanna Spyri und Heidi — Johanna Spyri and Heidi
  • Auf der Bühne laufen auch Pferde, Kühe und Ziegen.Horses, cows and goats walk across the stage too.A2Schiller war nie in der Schweiz — Schiller Never Went to Switzerland
  • Die Ziege des Nachbarn frisst alles außer Gras.The neighbour's goat eats everything except grass.B1Noch einmal, bitte (6) — Once more, please (6) (B1)
  • Eine Ziege frisst den Zaun, wenn niemand schaut.A goat eats the fence when nobody is looking.B1Noch einmal, bitte (13) — Once more, please (13) (B1)

Other ways to say it

  • Geißgoat (species); she-goat
  • Hippebillhook (agricultural implement); a kind of pastry shaped between a billhook and a horn
  • Sichlingziege (freshwater fish)
  • Zickeshe-goat, nanny goat; a touchy, fractious or difficult person (usually, but not necessarily, female)

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