drin
German, adverb/dʁɪn/
drin is spelled D-R-I-N (4 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written German, the 1,138th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drin is a German adverb meaning “inside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend”.
What does drin mean in English?
adverb
- 1
inside
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. eine Ortsangabe ‚innerhalb von etwas‘ verstärkend 2. in einem Raum oder Gebäude 3. möglich, annehmbar
adverb: 1. referenziert einen Ort, der die Handlung umgibt 2. referenziert einen Umstand, Zustand, Handlung oder Ereignis
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 drin
- drinn alternative obsolete
- dadrin variant
- darin variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drin?
- /dʁɪn/
- [dʁɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is drin in German?
drin appears 76 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).