Dreipass
German, noun[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌpas]
Dreipass is spelled D-R-E-I-P-A-S-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreipass is a German masculine noun meaning “trefoil, threefoil (an architectural ornament consisting of three arches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein typisches Ornament der Gotik, bestehend aus drei auswärts weisenden Kreisbögen; hauptsächlich verwendet…”.
What does Dreipass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrefoil, threefoil (an architectural ornament consisting of three arches)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein typisches Ornament der Gotik, bestehend aus drei auswärts weisenden Kreisbögen; hauptsächlich verwendet in der Architektur bei Maßwerken
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 Dreipass
- Dreipasses genitive
- Dreipässe plural
- Dreipasse dative singular
- Dreipässen dative definite plural
- Dreipaß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreipass?
- [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌpas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreipass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreipass in German?
Dreipass appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).