froh

Meaning

  1. glad; (momentarily) happy; (momentarily) cheerful
  2. merry
  3. merry; hearty; energetic

Concepts

glad
happy
😀
joyful
cheerful
pleased
merry
lucky
delighted
cheery
bright
blithe
joyous
contented
satisfied
😆
gay
gladly
happily
happiness
lighthearted
lively
ludicrously
optimistically
perky
pleasant
pleasure
readily
showing
about
willingly
active
at
cheerily
clear
content
diligent
elated
enjoyable
enjoying
exuberant
fain
fun

glad of

gladsomely
gratified
Synonyms

fröhlich
B2
heiter
C2
zufrieden
B1
😆
glücklich
A1
😀
erfreut
B2
freudig
20k
vergnügt
C2
lustig
A2
😄
happy
B2
Freude
B1
😂

sich freuen

lächelnd
24k
erfreulich
C2
Quittung
C1
🧾
sonnig
22k
☀️
vergnüglich
Zufriedenheit
C2

mit Freuden

erfreut sein

hell
B2
angenehm
B2
beschwipst
30k
erfolgreich
B2
fidel
23k
freundlich
B1
gern
A1
gerne
A1

glücklich sein

angeheitert

klar
A1
lachend
C2
munter
C1
Translations

alegre
joyeux
content
contento
blij
😀
heureux
😀
allegro
verheugd
alegre
😀
contente
😀
alegre
😀
feliz
😀
contento
😆
feliz
😀
Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

froh

Graubünden

Graubünden

froh

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁoː/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
vrō
Inherited from Old High German
frō
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
vrolijk
Cognate with English
English
frolic
In summary

From Middle High German vrō, from Old High German frō, frao, from Proto-Germanic *frawaz (“quick, glad”). Compare Dutch vrolijk, whence also English frolic.

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