noun
zoo, animal park
B1
Tierpark means 'zoo' or 'animal park' — a public park housing animals. It's a masculine noun: der Tierpark, plural Tierparks. Declension follows regular patterns (genitive des Tierparks, dative dem Tierpark). Common in German for park-like zoos; plural formed with -s.
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Die Kinder besuchten den Tierpark, obwohl das Wetter schlechter war als erwartet.
The children visited the zoo, although the weather was worse than expected.
Der Tierpark zeigt Tiere aus verschiedenen Kontinenten.
The animal park displays animals from different continents.
Im Tierpark kann man viele exotische Tiere sehen.
At the zoo you can see many exotic animals.
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Picture a park full of animals — that's a Tierpark.
Tier sounds like English 'tier' but here think 'tier' = German for animal
masculine: der Tierpark — imagine a male lion (der) as a mascot for the park.
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A Tierpark is similar to a Zoo; some Tierparke are more like large outdoor animal parks. Tierpark emphasizes 'animals' (Tier).