drei

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See also: Drei and Dréi

Bavarian

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Bavarian numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: drei

Alternative forms

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  • droi (South Central Bavarian)

Etymology

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From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̥rɑɛ̯/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /d̥ræː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Numeral

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drei

  1. three

Central Franconian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German drī.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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drei

  1. (most dialects) three
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German

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German numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: drei
    Ordinal: dritte
    Sequence adverb: drittens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.
    Adverbial: dreimal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 3-mal
    Multiplier: dreifach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 3-fach
    Fractional: Drittel
    Polygon: Dreieck
    Polygon abbreviation: 3-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: dreieckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 3-eckig

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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drei

  1. (cardinal number) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)
    • 1845, Carl von Holtei, Theater. In einem Bande, Breslau, page 370:
      Wenn also diese Küsse zu dem letzten
      Gerechnet werden, ist die Summe drei,
      Wie aller guten Dinge dreie sind.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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  • In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
    • Nominative, dative, and accusative are always uninflected.
    • The genitive case takes the form dreier if no article or pronoun is preceding: Vater dreier Kinder – “a father of three children”; but: der Vater der drei Kinder – “the father of the three children”. The form dreier is somewhat elevated; even in formal writing it is sometimes more natural to avoid it (Vater von drei Kindern).
  • In substantival use (that is, without a following noun):
    • Nominative and accusative are uninflected in the contemporary standard language. The form dreie still exists in colloquial German, chiefly in eastern Germany.
    • The dative case may take the form dreien: Ich sprach mit dreien. – “I spoke with three (people).” This rule is usually observed in formal standard German; but when a specification in the genitive case (or with von) is following, the bare form is more common: Ich sprach mit drei der Zeugen. – “I spoke with three of the witnesses.” In colloquial German, dreien is never obligatory.

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • drei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • drei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • drei” in Duden online
  • drei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

German Low German

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Alternative forms

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  • dree (some dialects)

Etymology

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From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie, from Old Saxon thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ultimately cognate to German drei, Dutch drie, English three, Plautdietsch dree.

Numeral

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drei

  1. (Low Prussian, Münsterland) three (3)

See also

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Hunsrik

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Hunsrik numbers (edit)
30
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    Cardinal: drei
    Ordinal: dritt

Etymology

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Inherited from Central Franconian drei, from Middle High German and Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.[1]

Cognate with German drei and Luxembourgish dräi.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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drei

  1. three
    Meer hon drei Kinner.
    We have three children.

References

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  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “drei”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 38

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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drei

  1. Alternative form of drye

Etymology 2

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Noun

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drei

  1. Alternative form of dregh

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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drei

  1. imperative of dreie

Pennsylvania German

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Pennsylvania German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : drei
    Ordinal : dritt

Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German drī. Compare German drei, Dutch drie, English three.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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drei

  1. three

Rade

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chamic *drɛy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadiʀi.

Pronoun

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drei

  1. we (inclusive)

Classifier

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drei

  1. classifier for animals

References

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  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎[2], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 26

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English dry.

Adjective

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drei

  1. dry

Derived terms

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