No. 59 in German
drei
The German word "drei" means "three" in English.
In a sentence
Ich habe drei Äpfel gekauft.
I bought three apples.
The word 'drei' is used here as a cardinal number denoting the quantity of apples purchased.
Der dritte Tag der Woche ist Dienstag.
The third day of the week is Tuesday.
The word 'drei' appears here in its ordinal form ('dritte') to indicate the sequential order of the weekdays.
Fahre ich mit der Linie Drei zum Hauptbahnhof?
Do I take line three to get to the main station?
In this context, 'Drei' refers to the specific number assigned to a particular public transport line.
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