Dreier

See also: dreier

Bavarian

Etymology

From 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

From drei +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdraɪ̯ɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Dreier m (strong, genitive Dreiers, plural Dreier)

1. (regional) three
2. (colloquial, polyamory) threesome
3. (Southern Germany, Austria) alternative form of Drei (“digit, school mark”)

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

• Achter (8)
• Einer (1)
• Einser (1)
• Elfer (11)
• Fünfer (5)
• Hunderter (100)
• Neuner (9)
• Sechser (6)
• Siebener (7)
• Tausender (1000)
• Vierer (4)
• Zehner (10)
• Zweier (2)
• Zwölfer (12)

Derived terms

• flotter Dreier

Further reading

• “Dreier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Dreier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Dreier” in Duden online
• “Dreier” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Dreier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de