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See also: Drei and Dréi

Bavarian

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Bavarian numbers (edit)
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    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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    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

    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 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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      References

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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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      Adjective

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      drei

      1. Alternative form of drye

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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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