Freude

== German == === Alternative forms === Freud, Freud' (in expressions, else poetic) === Etymology === From Middle High German vröude, from Old High German frewida, from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō (“joy”), derived from *frawaz (“joyous”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump; hop”). Cognate with Dutch vreugde, Low German Freid, Danish fryd, Swedish fröjd. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔɪ̯də/ Hyphenation: Freu‧de Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯də === Noun === Freude f (genitive Freude, plural Freuden) joy, delight, glee Antonyms: Bedauern, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Freudlosigkeit, Leid ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Fahrfreude (“driving pleasure”) Herzensfreude (“heartfelt joy”) Lebensfreude (“joie de vivre, zest for life, joy of life”) Mitfreude (“shared joy”) Schadenfreude ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Freude”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Freude” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Freude” in Duden online Freude on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de