adjectiveadverb

tierisch

insane

Dieses Wort beschreibt etwas, das wie ein Lebewesen aus dem Reich der Tiere ist oder sehr stark, heftig oder intensiv wirkt.

The word tierisch functions as an adjective or adverb in German and has two primary meanings:

Animal-like/Of an animal: It describes something that relates to animals, is characteristic of an animal, or refers to the nature of an animal (e.g., tierisches Verhalten - animal behavior).
Extreme/Intense (Colloquial): In everyday speech, it is used as an intensifier, similar to "huge," "enormous," or "terrific." It can express that something is very intense, such as a tierischer Hunger (a huge appetite) or tierischer Lärm (an enormous amount of noise).

Grammar: It is an adjective that can be inflected according to its position in the sentence (e.g., ein tierisches Erlebnis). As an adverb, it remains unchanged and describes verbs or other adjectives (e.g., es ist tierisch kalt).
Word origin: It is derived from the noun Tier (animal). The suffix -isch is a common German adjectival suffix used to denote origin, character, or association, similar to the English suffix "-ish" or "-ic."

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Nach der langen Wanderung waren wir tierisch hungrig.adverb

After the long hike we were insanely hungry.

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