This is the 6337th most frequent German word.
dritt
"Dritt" translates to "third" in English.
In this sentence, 'Dritt' is used as part of the ordinal numeral 'Drittbeste', indicating the third rank or position in a sequence.
Er ist der Drittbeste in seiner Klasse.
He is the third best in his class.
Here, 'Dritt' appears as the noun 'Drittel', referring to one-third as a fraction of the whole.
Ein Drittel des Kuchens wurde schon gegessen.
A third of the cake has already been eaten.
In this context, 'Drittel' indicates that something is divided into three equal parts.