Feminine
😂

Freude

Meaning

joy, delight, glee

Opposite of
Bedauern, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Freudlosigkeit, Leid
Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fraid

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfʁɔʏ̯də/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vröude, 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.

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