Vocabulary
drei
/dʁaɪ̯/· number
three
Counting, phone numbers, ages, house numbers. The r is made at the back of the throat, and ei sounds like English „eye“: drei.
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Forms
- in Ziffern
- 3
- Ordinalzahl
- der dritte
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
drei
three
Eins, zwei, drei!
One, two, three!
Common combinations
- zu drittthe three of us, in a group of three
- drei Sprachenthree languages
Common learner mistakes
- der dreiteder dritteUp to 19, ordinals usually just add -te (der zweite, der vierte), but 3 is irregular: der dritte, like der erste for 1.
Real examples
- Zwei und eins ist drei.Two and one is three.
- Ich spreche drei Sprachen.I speak three languages.
- Ben ist drei Jahre alt.Ben is three years old.