befreien

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German

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Etymology

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be- +‎ frei (free) +‎ -en. Compare with Swedish befria, English befree, Norwegian Bokmål befri, Dutch bevrijden.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈfʁaɪ̯ən/
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Verb

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befreien (weak, third-person singular present befreit, past tense befreite, past participle befreit, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to free (make free), to liberate
  2. (reflexive) to escape

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • befreien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befreien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befreien” in Duden online
  • befreien” in OpenThesaurus.de