Drache
German, noun/ˈdʁaxə/
Drache is spelled D-R-A-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drache is a German masculine noun meaning “dragon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Mischwesen, meist geflügelt, feuerspeiend und mit großen Klauen, das einer Schlange oder Echse ähnelt”.
What does Drache mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedragon
Der Drache in der Höhle beschützte sein Gold
- 2
masculinekite (with the sense of "toy for children" or "geometrical shape")
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes Mischwesen, meist geflügelt, feuerspeiend und mit großen Klauen, das einer Schlange oder Echse ähnelt 2. ein Sternbild 3. bösartige Frau (oftmals Ehefrau oder Schwiegermutter)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Drache
- Drachen genitive
- Drachin feminine
- Drach alternative
- Drack alternative
- Trache alternative
- Trach alternative
- Track alternative
- Drachenviereck alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drache?
- /ˈdʁaxə/
- [ˈdʁäχə]
- [ˈdʁaxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Drache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Drache in German?
Drache appears 4.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).