Dragee
German, noun
Dragee is spelled D-R-A-G-E-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dragee is a German neuter noun meaning “dragée, sugar-coated pill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, Dragée is a different word: “alternative spelling of Dragee”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “essbarer kleiner Gegenstand, der mit Zucker oder Schokolade umhüllt ist”.
What does Dragee mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdragée, sugar-coated pill
noun
- 1
neuteralternative spelling of Dragee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. essbarer kleiner Gegenstand, der mit Zucker oder Schokolade umhüllt ist 2. pharmazeutisches Produkt zur Verabreichung von medizinischen Wirkstoffen in einer Schutzschicht aus verschiedenen Zuckerarten 3. „zusammengerollte Papierstreifen mit aufgedruckten Versen zum Werfen im Karneval“
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 Dragee
- Dragées genitive
- Dragees genitive
- Dragée alternative
- Drag. abbreviation
- Drg. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Dragee in German?
Dragee appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).