This is the 3926th most frequent German word.
tigers
"Tigers" is not a German word; the German word for "tigers" is "Tiger."
Here, 'Tigers' refers to a proper noun used as the name of a sports team, demonstrating its use as a specific identifier in a sentence.
Die Tigers sind ein beliebtes Basketballteam.
The Tigers are a popular basketball team.
In this instance, 'Tigers' means the plural form of 'Tiger,' representing the animal species seen in the zoo.
Im Zoo habe ich mehrere Tigers gesehen.
At the zoo, I saw several tigers.
Here 'Tigers' refers to tigers generally as a pluralized subject, focusing on their characteristics in their natural habitat.