onvrij

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch onvri; from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *unfrī; cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī, Middle English unfre (English unfree). By surface analysis, on- +‎ vrij.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

onvrij (not comparable)

1. unfree, nonfree

   Antonym: vrij

   In een onvrije samenleving worden kritische stemmen gesmoord. ― In an unfree society, critical voices are repressed.

Declension

Declension of onvrij
uninflected	onvrij
inflected	onvrije
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		onvrij
indefinite	m./f. sing.	onvrije
	n. sing.	onvrij
	plural	onvrije
definite		onvrije
partitive		onvrijs

Descendants

• Afrikaans: onvry