Freude

Meaning

joy, delight, glee

Hyphenated as

Freu‧de

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʁɔʏ̯də/

Etymology

From Middle High German vrowede, from Old High German frouwida, 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.

Sentences

Heute hat unsere Freude dieselben Farben und denselben wunderbaren Klang .

Today our joy is painted in the same colours and plays to the same marvellous music.

Vorfreude ist die schönste Freude .

Anticipation is the most beautiful joy.

Fabian kann so viele Stimmen imitieren , dass es eine Freude ist , ihm beim Vorlesen zuzuhören .

Fabian can imitate so many voices that it is a pleasure to listen to him read aloud.