Freude

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German

Alternative forms

Freud, Freud' (in expressions, else poetic)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrowede, from Old High German frouwida, frewida, from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō (“joy”), derived from *frawaz (“joyous”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump; hop”).

Cognate with Dutch vreugde, Low German Freid, Danish fryd, Swedish fröjd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʁɔʏ̯də/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Freu‧de

Noun

Freude f (genitive Freude, plural Freuden)

joy, delight, glee
Antonyms: Bedauern, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Freudlosigkeit, Leid

Große Freude kommt auf.
Great joy is erupting.

Mit großer Freude habe ich die Nachricht empfangen, dass...
It is with great joy that I have received the news that...

Declension

Declension of Freude [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Freude	die	Freuden
genitive	einer	der	Freude	der	Freuden
dative	einer	der	Freude	den	Freuden
accusative	eine	die	Freude	die	Freuden

Hyponyms

Fahrfreude (“driving pleasure”)
Herzensfreude (“heartfelt joy”)
Lebensfreude (“joie de vivre, zest for life, joy of life”)
Mitfreude (“shared joy”)
Schadenfreude

Derived terms

Further reading

“Freude” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Freude” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Freude” in Duden online
Freude on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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