Tail

"Tail" in German

Bürzel

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Gesäß

(tail-end of a creature)

Hintern

(tail-end of a creature)

Hinterteil

(tail-end of a creature)

Rute

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Schwanz

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Schwanz

(slang for the phallus)

Schweif

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Schweif

(comet tail)

Schwänzchen

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Schwänzlein

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Stert

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Sterz

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

Zagel

(appendage of an animal — see also dock)

beschatten

(to tail)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.