Dreieckshandel
German, noun/ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌ.ɛksˌhandəl/
Dreieckshandel is spelled D-R-E-I-E-C-K-S-H-A-N-D-E-L (14 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreieckshandel is a German masculine noun meaning “triangular trade, triangle trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vereinfachende Modellvorstellung des transatlantischen Handels zwischen Europa, Afrika und Amerika in der…”.
What does Dreieckshandel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriangular trade, triangle trade
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vereinfachende Modellvorstellung des transatlantischen Handels zwischen Europa, Afrika und Amerika in der Frühen Neuzeit (17.–19. Jahrhundert), bei der in einem dreigliedrigen Handelskreislauf Fertigwaren von Europa nach Afrika, versklavte Menschen von Afrika nach Amerika und Plantagenprodukte von Amerika nach Europa transportiert wurden
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 Dreieckshandel
- Dreieckshandels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreieckshandel?
- /ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌ.ɛksˌhandəl/
- [ˈdʁaɪ̯ʔɛksˌhandl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Dreieckshandel in German?
Dreieckshandel appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).