Dreier

See also: dreier

Bavarian

Etymology

drei +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥rɑɛ̯ɐ/, [ˈd̥rɑɛ̯ʲɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥ræːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

Dreier m (plural Dreier)

  1. three (digit or figure)
  2. an academic grade indicating "satisfactory" or "average", corresponding roughly to a C in English-speaking countries
  3. threesome

German

Etymology

drei +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdraɪ̯ɐ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Dreier m (strong, genitive Dreiers, plural Dreier)

  1. (regional) three
  2. (colloquial, polyamory) threesome

Declension
Declension of Dreier [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Dreier die Dreier
genitive eines des Dreiers der Dreier
dative einem dem Dreier den Dreiern
accusative einen den Dreier die Dreier

Coordinate terms
Terms coordinate to Dreier

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Dreier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Dreier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Dreier” in Duden online
  • “Dreier” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Dreier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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