Dreisatz
German, noun[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat͡s]
Dreisatz is spelled D-R-E-I-S-A-T-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreisatz is a German masculine noun meaning “rule of three” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rechenverfahren, mit dem aus drei gegebenen Werten eines Verhältnisses der unbekannte vierte Wert berechnet…”.
What does Dreisatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerule of three
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rechenverfahren, mit dem aus drei gegebenen Werten eines Verhältnisses der unbekannte vierte Wert berechnet werden kann
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 Dreisatz
- Dreisatzes genitive
- Dreisatze dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreisatz?
- [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Dreisatz in German?
Dreisatz appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).