numeral
three
A1
“drei” is the German cardinal numeral meaning “three.” It’s used for counting and before nouns (e.g., drei Bücher). It has no gender and functions as an indeclinable numeral in many contexts; the related ordinal is “dritte.” No auxiliary verbs or prepositions are required; forms remain simple in regular usage.
Examples
Ich habe drei Äpfel.
I have three apples.
Der Lehrer verteilte drei Hefte, damit die Schüler genug Material zum Lernen hatten.
The teacher distributed three notebooks so that the students had enough material for studying.
Details
Mnemonics
sounds like English 'dry' — think of three as a little triangle (3 sides)