See also: Drei and Dréi

BavarianEdit

Bavarian numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: drei

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /d̥rai̯/
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NumeralEdit

drei

  1. three

Central FranconianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German and Old High German drī.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

drei

  1. (most dialects) three

GermanEdit

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 formsEdit

  • drey (obsolete)
  • Drei (when used substantively)

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

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 quote)

DeclensionEdit

  • 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 termsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • 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 GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • dree (some dialects)

EtymologyEdit

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.

NumeralEdit

drei

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

See alsoEdit

HunsrikEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

drei

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

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdjectiveEdit

drei

  1. Alternative form of drye

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

drei

  1. Alternative form of dregh

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

drei

  1. imperative of dreie

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

drei

  1. three

RadeEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

drei

  1. we (inclusive)

ClassifierEdit

drei

  1. classifier for animals

ReferencesEdit

  • 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 2021-11-01, page 26

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English dry.

AdjectiveEdit

drei

  1. dry