drill
German, verb[dʁɪl]
drill is spelled D-R-I-L-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drill is a German verb meaning “singular imperative of drillen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does drill mean in English?
verb
- 1
singular imperative of drillen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of drillen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vermittlung besonderer Fertigkeiten und Festigung bestimmter Eigenschaften bei Menschen, vor allem Soldaten oder Sportlern, und Tieren, vor allem Hunden oder Pferden, unter der Maßgabe des unbedingten Lernerfolgs
noun: 1. sehr belastbarer, dreifädiger Stoff 2. in Westafrika beheimatete Affenart
noun: 1. der Widerstand des Fisches nach dem Anbeißen
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 drill
- Drills genitive singular
- Drille nominative plural
- Drillen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drill?
- [dʁɪl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drill
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drill in German?
drill appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).