Drilling

See also: drilling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Drilling.

Proper noun

Drilling (plural Drillings)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Drilling is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Drilling is most common among White (96.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drilling”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 489.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German, related to drei (“three”), formed on the pattern of Zwilling (“pair, twin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁɪlɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: Dril‧ling

• Audio:

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Noun

Drilling m (strong, genitive Drillings, plural Drillinge)

1. A triplet (one of three persons born to the same mother at the same time).
2. (poker) three of a kind

Declension

Declension of Drilling [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Drilling	die	Drillinge
genitive	eines	des	Drillings	der	Drillinge
dative	einem	dem	Drilling	den	Drillingen
accusative	einen	den	Drilling	die	Drillinge

Related terms

• Zwilling m (“twin”)

Further reading

• “Drilling” in Duden online
• “Drilling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Drilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀiliŋ/

Noun

Drilling m (plural Drillingen)

1. triplet
2. (poker) three of a kind

Related terms

• Zwilling