Meaning

  1. free; unenslaved; unimprisoned
  2. free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious
  3. unblocked; free for passage
  4. independent; unaffiliated
  5. free of (not containing or unaffected by)
  6. liberal
  7. free of charge, gratis

Opposite of
unfrei
Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

frei

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

frei

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

frei

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁaɪ̯/
Etymology

In summary

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

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