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drei

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/
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  • 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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    Inherited from Middle High German drī, from Old High German dri, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

    Pronunciation

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    Numeral

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    drei

    1. (most dialects) three
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    Descendants

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    • Hunsrik: drei
    • Luxembourgish: dräi

    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
    German Wikipedia article on 3

    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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    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

    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)

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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 drī, from Old High German dri, 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.
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      1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “drei”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 38, column 1

      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)‎[1], 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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