drei

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See also: Drei and Dréi

Bavarian

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

Alternative forms

  • droi (South Central Bavarian)

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

drei

  1. three

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German drī.

Pronunciation

Numeral

drei

  1. (most dialects) three

Related terms

German

German numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    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
German Wikipedia article on 3

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

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

  • 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

German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— null eins, (before a noun) ein zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht neun
1— zehn elf zwölf dreizehn vierzehn fünfzehn sechzehn siebzehn achtzehn neunzehn
2— zwanzig einundzwanzig zweiundzwanzig dreiundzwanzig vierundzwanzig fünfundzwanzig sechsundzwanzig siebenundzwanzig achtundzwanzig neunundzwanzig
3— Germany, Austria: dreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreissig		 Germany, Austria: einunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: einunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: zweiunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: zweiunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: dreiunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreiunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: vierunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: vierunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: fünfunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: fünfunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: sechsunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: sechsunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: siebenunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: siebenunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: achtunddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: achtunddreissig		 Germany, Austria: neununddreißig
Switzerland, Liechtenstein: neununddreissig
4— vierzig einundvierzig zweiundvierzig dreiundvierzig vierundvierzig fünfundvierzig sechsundvierzig siebenundvierzig achtundvierzig neunundvierzig
5— fünfzig einundfünfzig zweiundfünfzig dreiundfünfzig vierundfünfzig fünfundfünfzig sechsundfünfzig siebenundfünfzig achtundfünfzig neunundfünfzig
6— sechzig einundsechzig zweiundsechzig dreiundsechzig vierundsechzig fünfundsechzig sechsundsechzig siebenundsechzig achtundsechzig neunundsechzig
7— siebzig einundsiebzig zweiundsiebzig dreiundsiebzig vierundsiebzig fünfundsiebzig sechsundsiebzig siebenundsiebzig achtundsiebzig neunundsiebzig
8— achtzig einundachtzig zweiundachtzig dreiundachtzig vierundachtzig fünfundachtzig sechsundachtzig siebenundachtzig achtundachtzig neunundachtzig
9— neunzig einundneunzig zweiundneunzig dreiundneunzig vierundneunzig fünfundneunzig sechsundneunzig siebenundneunzig achtundneunzig neunundneunzig
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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

Alternative forms

  • dree (some dialects)

Etymology

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

drei

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

See also

Hunsrik

Hunsrik numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: drei
    Ordinal: dritt

Etymology

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.

Cognate with German drei and Luxembourgish dräi.

Pronunciation

Numeral

drei

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

References

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

drei

  1. Alternative form of drye

Etymology 2

Noun

drei

  1. Alternative form of dregh

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

drei

  1. imperative of dreie

Pennsylvania German

Pennsylvania German cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : drei
    Ordinal : dritt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

drei

  1. three

Rade

Etymology

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

Pronoun

drei

  1. we (inclusive)

Classifier

drei

  1. classifier for animals

References

  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, 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

Etymology

From English dry.

Adjective

drei

  1. dry

Derived terms

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