dreist
German, adjective/draɪ̯st/
dreist is spelled D-R-E-I-S-T (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreist is a German adjective meaning “bold, brash, audacious, impudent (without respect or restraint)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Respekt, ohne Zurückhaltung”.
What does dreist mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bold, brash, audacious, impudent (without respect or restraint)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Respekt, ohne Zurückhaltung
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 dreist
- dreister masculine nominative singular
- am dreistesten superlative
- dreiste feminine nominative singular
- dreistes neuter nominative singular
- dreisten genitive masculine singular
- dreistem dative masculine singular
- der dreiste definite includes-article masculine
- die dreiste definite feminine includes-article
- das dreiste definite includes-article neuter
- die dreisten definite includes-article nominative
- des dreisten definite genitive includes-article
- der dreisten definite feminine genitive
- dem dreisten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dreist?
- /draɪ̯st/
- [dʁaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dreist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dreist in German?
dreist appears 3.8 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).