befreien

== German == === Etymology === be- +‎ frei (“free”) +‎ -en. Compare with Swedish befria, English befree, Norwegian Bokmål befri, Dutch bevrijden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈfʁaɪ̯ən/ === Verb === befreien (weak, third-person singular present befreit, past tense befreite, past participle befreit, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to free (make free), to liberate (reflexive) to escape ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “befreien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “befreien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “befreien” in Duden online “befreien” in OpenThesaurus.de