bevrijden

Meaning

to liberate, to free

Concepts

liberate

free

release

rescue

deliver

acquit

set free

ameliorate

amend

enhance

improve

reform

remedy

repair

upgrade

extricate

redeem

untrammel

leese

Hyphenated as

be‧vrij‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈvrɛi̯.dən/

Etymology

From earlier bevrijen, from Middle Dutch bevriën, a prefixed form of vriën (“to free”). Can be interpreted synchronically as be- + vrijen or vrij + be- -en. The -d- is a hypercorrection, probably influenced by the past tense bevrijd and/or compensating for a mistakenly supposed case of d-weakening (compare vlieden); contrast vrijen, which has the etymologically expected form without -d-.