gastfrei

== German == === Etymology === From Gast (“guest”) +‎ frei (“free”) (literally). The word is documented since the 16th century. The adjective frei has kept its archaic meaning of "generous" and thus gastfrei literally means "generous towards guests, generous with accommodation, hospitality". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡastˌfʁaɪ̯] Hyphenation: gast‧frei === Adjective === gastfrei (strong nominative masculine singular gastfreier, comparative gastfreier, superlative am gastfreiesten or am gastfreisten) (dated) hospitable, welcoming (accepting of guests) eine gastfreie Aufnahme ― a hospitable reception eine gastfreie Familie ― a hospitable family ein gastfreies Haus führen ― to keep a hospitable house gastfrei aufgenommen werden ― to be given a hospitable reception 1809-1813 [period of writing], Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Aus meinem Leben. Dichtung und Wahrheit [I-III], in 1982, Erich Trunz (ed.), Goethes Werke, vol. 9: Autobiographische Schriften I (C. H. Beck, Munich), p. 465: 2003 July 10, Tahar Ben Jelloun (translated from French by Christiane Kayser), Die Rekruten aus der Hölle, in Die Zeit, No. 29, (URL; retrieved June 16, 2015): 2009 May 27, Yehudith Shapiro and Robert Schlickewitz, „Die jemenitischen Juden“ von Sigmund Feist (1925), in haGalil.com - Jüdisches Leben online, (URL; retrieved June 16, 2015): ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gastfreundlich; gastlich, offen; (dated): wirtlich ==== Antonyms ==== ungastlich; (antonym(s) of “dated”): unwirtlich ==== Derived terms ==== Gastfreiheit ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “gastfrei” in Duden online “gastfrei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gastfrei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “gastfrei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon