Friede

German

Alternative forms

• Fried
• Fried'
• Frieden (more common today)

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German fridu, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace, reconciliation”), from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, whence English free.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʁiːdə]

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• Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

Friede m (genitive Friedens, plural Frieden)

1. (formal) peace

Antonyms

• Krieg

Derived terms

• Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen
• Friedensgöttin (“goddess of peace”)
• Friedensnobelpreis
• Friedenspolitik (“peace policy”)
• Friedenssymbol (“symbol of peace”)
• Friedenstaube (“dove of peace”)
• Friedenszeit
• friedfertig
• friedliebend (“peace-loving”)
• friedlich
• friedlos (“peaceless”)
• friedvoll
• Wahnfried (“delusion of peace”)

Related terms

• frei
• Störenfried

Further reading

• “Friede” in Duden online