Feminine
Meaning
joy, delight, glee
Concepts
joice
jouissance
great joy
implicit comparison
serves one right
what one deserves
queem
Opposite of
Bedauern, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Freudlosigkeit, Leid
Synonyms
Ergötzen
Erheiterung
Überschwang
freudige Erregung
Fez
gute Laune
Glee
Hochstimmung
froher Mut
gute Schwingungen
Gefühlsüberschwang
Frohmut
Translations
Frequency
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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