rodent
das Nagetier, die Nagetiere
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rodent
A mammal with specially developed, continuously growing incisors that it uses to gnaw food and other materials. Rodents include mice, rats, beavers, and squirrels, for example.
Das Nagetier hat die harten Schalen mit seinen Schneidezähnen geöffnet.
The rodent opened the hard shells with its incisors.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Nagetiere |
| genitive | des Nagetieres |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Nagetier | die Nagetiere |
| accusative | das Nagetier | die Nagetiere |
| dative | dem Nagetier | den Nagetieren |
| genitive | des Nagetieres des Nagetiers | der Nagetiere |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Nagetier' (rodent) is made up of 'nage-' and 'Tier' (animal). 'Nage-' comes from the verb 'nagen' (to gnaw) and indicates an animal that gnaws food or other materials with its teeth.
Das Nagetier hat ein Loch in die Holzplatte genagt.
The rodent gnawed a hole in the wooden panel.
Common collocations include 'ein Nagetier halten' (to keep a rodent), 'ein Nagetier beobachten' (to observe a rodent), and 'zu den Nagetieren gehören' (to be a rodent / to belong to the rodents). The word often appears with terms for species, habitats, or keeping animals as pets.
Viele Menschen halten ein Nagetier als Haustier.
Many people keep a rodent as a pet.
The meaning can often be recognized from words such as 'Schneidezähne' (incisors), 'nagen' (to gnaw), 'Bau' (burrow), or 'Fell' (fur). Lists mentioning mice, rats, beavers, or squirrels also show that 'Nagetier' (rodent) refers to a zoological category.
Im Biologieunterricht haben wir gelernt, dass bei jedem Nagetier die Schneidezähne ständig nachwachsen.
In biology class, we learned that a rodent's incisors grow continuously.
