drei

Meaning

three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)

Concepts

three

third

3rd

belt

three people

cloth girdle

three

waistband

Synonyms

dritte

3rd

Drei

3️⃣

Fuß

🦶

drei Stück

drei Jahre alt

kimmel

3

Translations

trois

3

tres

3

tre

3

drie

3

três

3

τρία

tres

3

üç

3

ثلاثة

3

tres

3

trēs

τρεις

tria

tres

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʁaɪ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -

Inherited from Old High German: drī

Cognate with Dutch: drie

Cognate with English: three

Cognate with Danish: tre

In summary

From Middle High German and Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Dutch drie, English three, Danish tre.

Sentences

Gerhard Hass ist verheiratet und hat drei Töchter .

Gerhard Hass is married and has three daughters.

Uwe Jensen ist verheiratet und hat drei Kinder .

Uwe Jensen is married and has three children.

Seine drei Monate alte Tochter kam schwerverletzt in ein Krankenhaus .

His three-month-old daughter came to a hospital seriously injured.

An drei Seiten war die Wichmannsburg von Wasser umgeben .

The Wichmannsburg was surrounded by water on three sides.

Auch die Gonaden sind auf vier , manchmal auch drei oder zwei reduziert .

The gonads are also reduced to four, sometimes three or two.

Er wurde für drei Jahre Assistent bei Herbert von Karajan.

He became an assistant to Herbert von Karajan for three years.