frei

== German == === Alternative forms === frey (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German vrî, Old High German frî, from Proto-West Germanic *frī. Compare Dutch vrij, English free, Danish fri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁaɪ̯/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯ === Adjective === frei (strong nominative masculine singular freier, comparative freier, superlative am freiesten or am freisten) free; unenslaved; unimprisoned Antonym: unfrei free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious Synonyms: ungezwungen, ungebunden unblocked; free for passage independent; unaffiliated free of (not containing or unaffected by) [with von ‘something’] 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): (not freely applicable) liberal Synonyms: liberal, freiheitlich (not freely applicable; see usage notes) free of charge, gratis Synonyms: kostenlos, gratis ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== For adjectives derived from -frei in the sense of "free of, containing none of", see there. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: frai === Further reading === “frei” in Duden online “frei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Luxembourgish == === Verb === frei second-person singular imperative of freien == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === fri (Goesharde, Halligen, Karrharde, Mooring) frai (Heligoland) Frii (Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“free”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“loved; pleased”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to love; to please”). === Adjective === frei (Föhr-Amrum) free == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vrī, from Old High German frī. Compare German frei, Dutch vrij, English free. === Adjective === frei free exempt clear == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frei, clipping of freire. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ej, (Portugal) -ɐj Hyphenation: frei === Noun === frei m (plural freis) alternative form of freire (“friar”) === Further reading === “frei”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “frei”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English frēo. === Adjective === frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist) (Southern Scots, archaic) free == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English fly. === Verb === frei fly === Noun === frei wing