German number · CEFR A1
drei
Meaning in English: three
Example
Wir haben drei Kinder.
We have three children.
How common is drei?
drei is number 117 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 744 times per million words — about once every 1,300 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 46% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#117
- The 1,000 most common German words#117
- The 5,000 most common German words#117
- German A1 vocabulary#94
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