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German
Alternative forms
- frey (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German vrî, Old High German frî, from Proto-West Germanic *frī. Compare Dutch vrij, English free, Danish fri.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frei (strong nominative masculine singular freier, comparative freier, superlative am freiesten or am freisten)
- free; unenslaved; unimprisoned
- Antonym: unfrei
- free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious
- Synonyms: ungezwungen, ungebunden
- unblocked; free for passage
- independent; unaffiliated
- free of (not containing or unaffected by) [with von ‘something’]
- Friedrich Karl Kasimir, Freiherr von Creuz, Neujahrsgedanken (from: Die geistliche Dichtung von Luther bis Klopstock. Ausgewählt von Paul Pressel. Einzelausgabe der evangelischen Volksbibliothek. Herausgegeben von Dr. Klaider, Stuttgart, 1864, page 933):
- Wer schläft und ist von Sorgen freier?
Der Tod belauscht die stille Nacht
So wie des Nilstroms Ungeheuer
Des Ufers Schilf unsicher macht.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Friedrich Karl Kasimir, Freiherr von Creuz, Neujahrsgedanken (from: Die geistliche Dichtung von Luther bis Klopstock. Ausgewählt von Paul Pressel. Einzelausgabe der evangelischen Volksbibliothek. Herausgegeben von Dr. Klaider, Stuttgart, 1864, page 933):
- (not freely applicable) liberal
- Synonyms: liberal, freiheitlich
- (not freely applicable; see usage notes) free of charge, gratis
Usage notes
Declension
Positive forms of frei
Comparative forms of frei
Superlative forms of frei
Derived terms
compound nouns
- For adjectives derived from -frei in the sense of "free of, containing none of", see there.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: frai
Further reading
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Luxembourgish
Verb
frei
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“free”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“loved; pleased”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to love; to please”).
Adjective
frei
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German vrī, from Old High German frī. Compare German frei, Dutch vrij, English free.
Adjective
frei
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frei, clipping of freire.
Pronunciation
Noun
frei m (plural freis)
- alternative form of freire (“friar”)
- Frei Luís de Sousa
- Brother Luís de Sousa.
Further reading
- “frei”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “frei”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Scots
Etymology
From Old English frēo.
Adjective
frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist)
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Verb
frei
Noun
frei
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