frei

• frey (obsolete)

From Middle High German vrî, Old High German frî, from Proto-West Germanic *frī. Compare Dutch vrij, English free, Danish fri.

• IPA^(key): /fʁaɪ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

frei (strong nominative masculine singular freier, comparative freier, superlative am freiesten or am freisten)

1. free; unenslaved; unimprisoned

   Antonym: unfrei

2. free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious

   Synonyms: ungezwungen, ungebunden

3. unblocked; free for passage
4. independent; unaffiliated
5. (with von) free of (not containing or unaffected by)
   • Friedrich Karl Kasimir, Freiherr von Creuz, Neujahrsgedanken (from: Die geistliche Dichtung von Luther bis Klopstock. Ausgewählt von Paul Pressel. Einzelausgabe der evangelischen Volksbibliothek. Herausgegeben von Dr. Klaider, Stuttgart, 1864, page 933):

     Wer schläft und ist von Sorgen freier?
     Der Tod belauscht die stille Nacht
     So wie des Nilstroms Ungeheuer
     Des Ufers Schilf unsicher macht.

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6. (not freely applicable) liberal

   Synonyms: liberal, freiheitlich

7. (not freely applicable; see usage notes) free of charge, gratis

   Synonyms: kostenlos, gratis

• Frei can mean “free of charge” only in the context of public services, e.g. freie Krankenversorgung ("free medical care"), and in some fixed expressions such as Freibier (“free beer”) or freie Kost und Logis (“free board and lodge”). Otherwise, kostenlos should be used.

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• → Romanian: frai

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frei

1. second-person singular imperative of freien

From Middle High German vrī, from Old High German frī. Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch vrij, English free.

frei

1. free
2. exempt
3. clear

• Hyphenation: frei

frei m (plural freis)

1. Alternative form of freire

   Frei Luís de Sousa

   Brother Luís de Sousa.

From Old English frēo.

frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist)

1. (South Scots, archaic) free

From English fly.

frei

1. fly

frei

1. wing