• frey (obsolete)

From Middle High German vrî, Old High German frî, from Proto-West Germanic *frī. Compare Dutch vrij, English free, Danish fri.

• IPA^(key): /fʁaɪ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

frei (strong nominative masculine singular freier, comparative freier, superlative am freiesten or am freisten)

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1. free; unenslaved; unimprisoned

   Antonym: unfrei

2. free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious

   Synonyms: ungezwungen, ungebunden

3. unblocked; free for passage
4. independent; unaffiliated
5. 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):

     Wer schläft und ist von Sorgen freier?
     Der Tod belauscht die stille Nacht
     So wie des Nilstroms Ungeheuer
     Des Ufers Schilf unsicher macht.

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6. (not freely applicable) liberal

   Synonyms: liberal, freiheitlich

7. (not freely applicable; see usage notes) free of charge, gratis

   Synonyms: kostenlos, gratis

• 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.

• For adjectives derived from -frei in the sense of "free of, containing none of", see there.

• → Romanian: frai

• “frei” in Duden online
• “frei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

frei

1. second-person singular imperative of freien

Borrowed from Dutch vrij (“free”), from Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, a derivation from *preyH- (“to be fond of”). Cognate of Indonesian prei.

frei

1. free; not in use, empty.
2. free; without charge.
3. free; unconstrained.
4. free; without obligations or work.

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

• fri (Goesharde, Halligen, Karrharde, Mooring)
• frai (Heligoland)
• Frii (Sylt)

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”).

frei

1. (Föhr-Amrum) free

From Middle High German vrī, from Old High German frī. Compare German frei, Dutch vrij, English free.

frei

1. free
2. exempt
3. clear

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frei, clipping of freire.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ej, (Portugal) -ɐj
• Hyphenation: frei

frei m (plural freis)

1. alternative form of freire (“friar”)

   Frei Luís de Sousa

   Brother Luís de Sousa.

• “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

From Old English frēo.

frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist)

1. (Southern Scots, archaic) free

From English fly.

frei

1. fly

frei

1. wing

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