frei

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See also Frei, -frei, and freí

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prei- (to be fond of), *prey-. Compare Dutch vrij, English free, Danish fri.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /fʁaɪ̯/

Adjective [edit]

frei (comparative freier, superlative am freisten)

  1. free
  2. released, unimprisoned, unenslaved
    Stadtluft macht frei.
    City air makes one free. (German serfs who escaped to and lived in cities for a certain period of time were legally freed.)
  3. unblocked
  4. liberal
  5. free of charge, gratis
  6. unlimited, unconstrained
  7. licentious, unrestrained

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Scots [edit]

Adjective [edit]

frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist)

  1. (South Scots, archaic) free