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 | ago [postpos.] [e.g. three years ago] | 1758 vor [zeitlich; z. B. vor drei Jahren] | |
| prompt {adv} [postpos.] [Br.] [exactly, e.g. at three prompt] | 140 pünktlich [z. B. pünktlich um drei] | |
| math. solid {adj} [three-dimensional] | 99 räumlich | |
| gastr. TrVocab. Comfort [acc. to the European Hotelstars Union] [three stars] | 43 Dreistern [Sterneklasse, Hotelkategorie] | |
| triennial {adj} [every three years] | 14 dreijährlich | |
| -step {adj} [e.g. twelve-step, three-step, etc.] | -schrittig [z. B. zwölfschrittig, dreischrittig usw.] | |
| triennial {adj} [lasting three years] | dreijährig | |
| triennial {adj} [every three years] | alle drei Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| triennially {adv} [every three years] | dreijährlich | |
| triennially {adv} [lasting three years] | dreijährig | |
| triennially {adv} [every three years] | alle drei Jahre | |
| triliteral {adj} [consisting of three letters] | dreibuchstabig | |
| triliteral {adj} [consisting of three letters] | aus drei Buchstaben bestehend [attr.] | |
| bot. trimerous {adv} [in sets of three] | zu dritt | |
| ling. spec. triptotic {adj} [having three distinct (case) endings] | triptotisch | |
| Verbs |
| to copy sth. [a three-dimensional object] | 33 etw. nachbilden | |
| to make sth. [e.g. Two and three make five.] | 22 etw.Akk. ergeben [z. B. Zwei und drei ergibt fünf.] | |
| to treble [grow to three times the size, amount, or number] | sichAkk. verdreifachen | |
| Nouns |
| watches plate [full-, three-, quarter-] | 94 Platine {f} | |
| sports trifecta [Am.] [Aus.] [NZ] [three major achievements] | 82 Hattrick {m} | |
| coffees [e.g. three cups of coffee] | 50 Kaffees {pl} [z. B. drei Tassen Kaffee] | |
| furn. suite [three-piece etc.] | 39 Couchgarnitur {f} | |
| sports trifecta [Am.] [Aus.] [NZ] [three major achievements] | 26 Dreier {m} | |
| naut. bark [sailing ship] [here: with three masts] | 25 Dreimaster {m} | |
| sports albatross [Br.] [Golf: three strokes under par] | 21 Albatros {m} [Golf: drei Schläge unter Par] | |
| law [provisions permitting abortion within the first three months of pregnancy] | 20 Fristenregelung {f} [Abtreibung] | |
| naut. barque [sailing ship] [here: with three masts] | 19 Dreimaster {m} | |
| triad [a group or set of three people or things] | 16 Dreiklang {m} [fig.] | |
| tern [rare] [set of three] | 11 Dreiergruppe {f} | |
| agr. bot. gastr. T | 9 | |
| copy [of a three-dimensional object] | 7 Nachbildung {f} | |
| pol. [voting procedure similar to a division in the House of Commons where MPs re-enter the floor through one of three doors] | 5 Hammelsprung {m} [Abstimmungsverfahren] | |
| [a West German who has been living in Eastern Germany for at least three years] | Wossi {m} [ugs.] | |
| games [group of three or four men / women playing cards regularly] | Kartelrunde {f} [ugs.] | |
| hist. [Nazi terminology for a person with at least three Jewish grandparents] | Volljude {m} | |
| relig. [strewing dirt three times over the coffin while saying "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust"] | (dreifacher) Erdwurf {m} [«Erde zu Erde, Asche zu Asche, Staub zu Staub»] | |
| [the last three days of Fasching in Germany] | die drei tollen Tage {pl} [Redewendung] | |
| gastr. [three Nuremberg bratwursts on a roll] | Drei {pl} im Weggla [fränk.] [drei Nürnberger Rostbratwürste in einem Brötchen] | |
|  [three quarters of an hour] | dreiviertel Stunde {f} [FALSCH für: Dreiviertelstunde] | |
| gastr. [three-fruit puree or compote] | Dreimus {n} | |
| mus. [three-octave span] | Stichmaß {n} [Tasteninstrument] | |
| hist. mil. [three-star general of the artillery branch of German Armed Forces of the 19th and 20th cent.] | General {m} der Artillerie | |
| autorickshaw [a motorized, three-wheeled rickshaw for public hire] | motorisiertes Dreiradtaxi {n} | |
| myth. Clotho [the spinner, one of the three Moirai] | Klotho {f} [griech. Mythologie] | |
| mus. contra [three-stringed viola] | Kontra {f} [3-saitige Akkordbratsche] | |
| anat. sports hamstrings {pl} [in human anatomy: the three posterior thigh muscles (semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris)] | hintere Oberschenkelmuskulatur {f} | |
| anat. sports hamstrings {pl} [in human anatomy: the three posterior thigh muscles (semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris)] | rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur {f} | |
| myth. Lachesis [the allotter, one of the three Moirai] | Lachesis {f} [griech. Mythologie] | |
| mus. samisen [Japanese three-stringed lute] | Samisen {f} [dreisaitige japanische Laute] | |
| mus. shamisen [Japanese three-stringed lute] | Schamisen {f} [dreisaitige japanische Laute] | |
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