Drilling
German, noun/ˈdʁɪlɪŋ/
Drilling is spelled D-R-I-L-L-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drilling is a German masculine noun meaning “A triplet (one of three persons born to the same mother at the same time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind”.
What does Drilling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA triplet (one of three persons born to the same mother at the same time).
- 2
masculinethree of a kind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eines von insgesamt drei Kindern, die bei Mehrlingsgeburt zur Welt gekommen sind 2. eine Schusswaffe mit drei Läufen 3. eine Kartoffel, die die für die jeweilige Knollenform vorgeschriebene Mindestgröße von 35 mm bei langovalen bis langen Sorten und 40 mm bei runden Sorten unterschreitet 4. ein Angelhaken mit drei Hakenspitzen die meist im Winkel vom 120° zueinander angeordnet sind
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 Drilling
- Drillings genitive
- Drillinge plural
- Drillingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drilling?
- /ˈdʁɪlɪŋ/
- [ˈdʁɪlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Drilling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Drilling in German?
Drilling appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).