Treiber
German, noun/ˈtʁaɪ̯bɐ/
Treiber is spelled T-R-E-I-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Treiber is a German masculine noun meaning “herder, driver, drover (used only in compound nouns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Tiere in eine Richtung drängt, leitet”.
What does Treiber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherder, driver, drover (used only in compound nouns)
- 2
masculinebeater (male or of unspecified gender)
- 3
masculinedriver
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Tiere in eine Richtung drängt, leitet 2. Person, die bei einer Jagd Wildtiere zum Schützen drängt 3. Datei, die die Kommunikation mit Hardware ermöglicht 4. Antreiber, Dränger
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 Treiber
- Treibers genitive
- Treiberin feminine
- Treibern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Treiber?
- /ˈtʁaɪ̯bɐ/
- [ˈtʁaɪ̯bɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Treiber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Treiber in German?
Treiber appears 3.4 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).