Vocabulary for animal sounds in German

Here you will learn animal sounds and voices like crow, meow, neigh, purr and hiss, prepared for B2 learners.

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krähen [Verb]

to crow

Ex:

Many roosters crow on the farm.

gackern [Verb]

to cluck

Ex:

You could hear the hens clucking happily.

miauen [Verb]

to meow

Ex:

I heard a cat meowing.

muhen [Verb]

to moo

Ex:

I hear the cows mooing from the farm.

wiehern [Verb]

to neigh

Ex:

Horses neigh when they are happy.

blöken [Verb]

to bleat

Ex:

You can hear the goats bleating loudly.

grunzen [Verb]

to grunt

Ex:

When they eat, the pigs grunt constantly.

meckern [Verb]

to bleat

Ex:

You can hear the goats bleating loudly.

knurren [Verb]

to growl

Ex:

You hear the fox growling at night.

schnurren [Verb]

to purr

Ex:

You can clearly hear the cat's purring.

fauchen [Verb]

to hiss

Ex:

When the cat is scared, it often hisses.

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