freien

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯ən/, [ˈfʁaɪ̯ən], [ˈfʁaɪ̯n̩]

Etymology 1

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Originally restricted to Low and Central German; generalized by Luther. Borrowed from Middle Low German vrien and Middle High German vrīen, frīen, vrijen, vrigen, from Old High German *frīon; compare Old Saxon friohon. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frijōną. Cognate to Dutch vrijen.

Verb

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freien (weak, third-person singular present freit, past tense freite, past participle gefreit, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic or poetic) to marry or marry off
    • 1799, Friedrich Schiller, Die Bürgschaft:
      Ich flehe dich um drey Tage Zeit, / Bis ich die Schwester dem Gatten gefreit, / Ich lasse den Freund dir als Bürgen, / Ihn magst du, entrinn ich, erwürgen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic or poetic) to court, to woo, to ask for an amatory relation
  3. (obsolete or highly poetic) Synonym of befreien
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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freien

  1. inflection of frei:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German frīen, from Old High German *frīon, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn. Cognate with German freien, Dutch vrijen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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freien (third-person singular present freit, past participle gefrien, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to court (romantically)

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive freien
participle gefrien
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular freien
2nd singular freis frei
3rd singular freit
1st plural freien
2nd plural freit freit
3rd plural freien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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