Dreher
German, noun/ˈdʁeːɐ/
Dreher is spelled D-R-E-H-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreher is a German masculine noun meaning “turner, lathe operator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Facharbeiter, der eine Drehmaschine bedient”.
What does Dreher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturner, lathe operator
- 2
masculinea type of folk dance from Austria and southern Germany
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Facharbeiter, der eine Drehmaschine bedient
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 Dreher
- Drehers genitive
- Drehern dative definite plural
- Dreherin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreher?
- /ˈdʁeːɐ/
- [ˈdʁeːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreher in German?
Dreher appears 1.5 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).