Frei
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German
Etymology
Cf. Old-English freo, from Proto-Germanic (P.Gmc.) *frijaz, which derives from Proto Indo-European (PIE) *prijos- dear, beloved. Compare English free, Dutch vrij
Pronunciation
/frai/
Adjective and Adverb
- Not imprisoned or enslaved: ein freier Mann
- Not blocked: Der Weg ist frei.
- (as a suffix) Without. Bleifrei; frei von Schadstoffen
- Unlimited (rarely). Ihm wurde freie Hand für alle Maßnahmen gegeben.
- For which no payment is necessary (nowadays mostly in set idioms): freier Eintritt, Freibier
Translations
- Afrikaans: verniet, gratis (5)
- Armenian: ազատ azat; առանց arranc‛ [arrants‘] (3); ձրի jri [dzəri] (5)
- Catalan: lliure (1,3), obert (2), gratis (5), gratuït (5), de franc (5)
- Chinese: (1) 自由的; (2) 順暢的, 通暢的; (3) 無, 不含, 未含; (4) 無限制的; (5) 免費的;
- Croatian: slobodan; besplatan
- Czech: svobodný (1), volný (1, 2, 4), prostý + gen. (3), bezplatný (5)
- Danish: fri (1, 2, 3) (5 - rarely used), gratis (5)
- Dutch: vrij, gratis (5), kosteloos (5)
- English: free (1, 2, 4, 5); -free (3) (suffix)
- Ekspreso: libera
- Esperanto: libera, senpaga (5)
- Estonian: vaba
- Finnish: vapaa; ilmainen (5); rajoittamaton
- French: libre (1, 2); sans (3); illimité (4); gratuit (5), gratis (5)
- Hebrew: חופשי (khophshee or chofshee) (1) (4,5:slang); פנוי (panooy) (2); בלי (bli) without, free of... (3); חינם (kheenam or chinam) (5){note: 'ch' like German or Scottish Loch}
- Hungarian: szabad (1, 2), ingyenes (5), nélkül (3)
- Indonesian: bebas / merdeka, gratis (5), cuma-cuma, tanpa, kosong
- Interlingua: libere, gratis, gratuite (5)
- Irish: saor
- Italian: lìbero (1, 2); senza (3), privo di (3); illimitato (4); gratuito (5)
- Japanese: 自由 (じゆう, jiyū) (1), 無料 (むりょう, muryō) / ただ (tada) (5)
- Latin: liber (1, 2) (5 rarely)
- Latvian: brīvs (1, 2, 4); bez (3); par brīvu, bezmaksas (5)
- Lithuanian: laisvas (1, 2); be (3); neribotas (4); nemokamas (5)
- Limburgish: vrie
- Low saxon: fri, leddig, lerrig, ledig
- Norwegian: fri, gratis (5)
- Occitan: liure (1,3), dobèrt (2), gratis (5), gratuït (5),
- Polish: wolny, niezależny, bezpłatny (5), nieograniczony
- Portuguese: livre (1,2), livre de (3), grátis (5), gratuito m (5), gratuita f (5), disponível, vazio m, vazia f
- Romanian: liber (1), gratis (5), gratuit m (5), gratuită f (5), disponibil
- Russian: свободный, вольный, бесплатный (5)
- Serbian: slobodan (1), besplatan (5)
- Slovio: bezplatju
- Spanish: libre, gratis (5)
- Swedish: fri, gratis (5)
- Turkish: özgür, serbest, bedava
- Volapük: libik, livik
Thesaurus
ungebunden, ungezwungen, liberal (freiheitlich), kostenlos
Compounds
This word has a large number of compounds, e.g. Freizeit, vogelfrei, freimütig
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