Freier

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Freier. === Proper noun === Freier (plural Freiers) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Freier is the 23804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Freier is most common among White (96.14%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Freier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 602. == German == === Alternative forms === Freyer (obsolete) === Etymology === From freien (“to woo, to exhibit love”). Semantic pejoration is also found, to a lesser extent, in Dutch vrijen (now generally “to have sex”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ/ === Noun === Freier m (strong, genitive Freiers, plural Freier, feminine Freierin) john, punter (client of a prostitute) Synonyms: Bordellbesucher, Kober (archaic) courter (one who woos a woman for marriage) Synonyms: Verehrer, Bewerber ==== Usage notes ==== Freier is now expected to be used in the context of prostitution. The old sense of one who seeks marriages is expressed by Heiratskandidat or terms of this kind. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: frajer m → Hebrew: פראייר m (fráyer) → Hungarian: frájer → Goral: frajérz → Polish: frajer → Russian: фра́ер m (frájer) → Serbo-Croatian: фрајер / frajer m → Yiddish: פֿרײַער m (frayer)→ Polish: frajer→ Romanian: fraier→ Russian: фраер (frajer)→ Hebrew: פראייר (fráier) === Further reading === “Freier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Freier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Freier” in OpenThesaurus.de Freier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Freier” in Duden online “Freier” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.