drillen
[ˈdʁɪlən]
The verdict
“drillen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden einem regelmäßigen, harten Lernen oder Training unterziehen, Soldaten einüben, einexerzieren, Disziplin beibringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-drillen · drillen · German
drillen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | drillen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪlən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drillen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drillen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁɪlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for drillen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 drillen, spelled D-R-I-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden einem regelmäßigen, harten Lernen oder Training unterziehen, Soldaten einüben, einexerzieren, Disziplin beibringen
- 2Tieren, vor allem Hunden, durch Übungen besondere Fertigkeiten beibringen
- 3durch monothones Wiederholen gehorsam machen
- 4den Widerstand des Fisches nach dem Anbeißen brechen
- 5drehend, windend miteinander verflechten
- 6mit der Drillmaschine in Reihen säen
- 7mit einem Drillbohrer bohren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drillen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Israels Armee zieht Eliteeinheiten heran, um ein neues Schlachtfeld zu erobern: das der Medien. In Intensivkursen werden Soldaten gedrillt, die mit Kameras, Blogs und Twitter ihre Einsätze begleiten und so das Image des Militärs aufpolieren sollen.“
Wenn sie das dann bei der Einschulung schon können, kommen die Eltern in Verruf, sie hätten ihre Kinder gedrillt.
This word in other languages
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.