German adjective · CEFR A2

dritte

Meaning in English: third

Rank 917 of 5,000adjectiveLevel A22 forms in the list
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Example

Das ist schon die dritte Tasse Kaffee heute.

That's already the third cup of coffee today.

Forms of dritte in the top 5,000

These forms of dritte are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

dritten#744
thirdA2

Wir wohnen im dritten Stock.
We live on the third floor.

How common is dritte?

dritte is number 917 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 96 times per million words — about once every 10,000 words. Its most frequent form is dritten (#744).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 64% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 913längerlonger
  2. 914das Systemsystem
  3. 915die Einrichtungfacility, institution; furnishings
  4. 916die Kunstart
  5. 917drittethird
  6. 918andererother, another; different
  7. 919der Anbieterprovider, supplier
  8. 920benötigenneed, require
  9. 921sogenanntenso-called

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