dreijährig
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪç]
The verdict
“dreijährig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seit drei Jahren lebend/bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreijahrig · dreijährig · German
dreijährig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dreijährig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dreijährig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dreijährig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌjɛːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dreijährig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is dreijährig, spelled D-R-E-I-J-Ä-H-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1seit drei Jahren lebend/bestehend
- 2drei Jahre andauernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dreijährig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mugabes dreijähriger Aufenthalt in Ghana dürfte sich vorteilhaft auf seine Reputation unter den simbabwischen Nationalisten ausgewirkt haben.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.