Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #81
Word (Wort)

drei

Translation (Übersetzung) three
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /dʁaɪ/
A1
Numerals
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common numeral cardinal number
Cardinal number meaning 'three'. Used for counting and quantity. Eighty-first most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich habe drei Bücher.
I have three books.
quantity
Wir sind zu dritt.
We are three together.
group
Drei Mal drei ist neun.
Three times three is nine.
mathematics
In drei Tagen komme ich.
In three days, I will come.
time

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
drei Jahre
three years
High frequency
drei Mal
three times
High frequency
zu dritt
three together
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
zu dritt
three together
Expressing that three people are together

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

zwei vier dritt Zahl

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