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An animal that lives in the wild and has not been domesticated by humans or kept as a pet.
Im Nationalpark kann man mit etwas Glück seltene Wildtiere in ihrer natürlichen Umgebung beobachten.
In the national park, with a bit of luck, you can observe rare wild animals in their natural environment.
'Wildtier' (wild animal) is made up of the adjective 'wild' and the noun 'Tier' (animal). So it literally describes an animal that lives wild in nature.
Ein Fuchs ist ein Wildtier, das man manchmal auch in Städten sehen kann.
A fox is a wild animal that you can sometimes also see in cities.
Common combinations are 'Wildtiere beobachten' (to observe wild animals), 'Wildtiere schützen' (to protect wild animals), or the expression that they live 'in freier Wildbahn' (in the wild).
Es ist verboten, die Wildtiere im Nationalpark zu füttern.
It is forbidden to feed the wild animals in the national park.
Although the singular 'das Wildtier' (the wild animal) exists, the word is very often used in the plural 'die Wildtiere' (the wild animals) to speak about this category of animals in general.
Der Klimawandel bedroht den Lebensraum vieler Wildtiere.
Climate change threatens the habitat of many wild animals.
