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Triade

German, noun/tʁiˈaːd/

Triade is spelled T-R-I-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triade is a German feminine noun meaning “triad (grouping of three)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht”.

What does Triade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetriad (grouping of three)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein Ganzes, das aus drei Unterbereichen/Teileinheiten/Komponenten besteht

noun: 1. chinesische Untergrundorganisation/ kriminelle Vereinigung

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 Triade

  • Triaden plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Triade?

  • /tʁiˈaːd/
  • [tʁiˈaːdə]
  • [tʁiˈʔaːdə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Triade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Triade in German?

Triade appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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