bevrijden
Meaning
to liberate, to free
Concepts
Synonyms
in vrijheid stellen
laten gaan
weer goed maken
vrij maken
Translations
libérer
liberar
libertar
liberare
liberare
erledigen
serbest bırakmak frei machen
ελευθερώνωFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈvrɛi̯.dən/
Etymology
In summary
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-.
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