frei
German, adjective/fʁaɪ̯/
frei is spelled F-R-E-I (4 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written German, the 547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frei is a German adjective meaning “free; unenslaved; unimprisoned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unabhängig, nicht gefangen, nicht versklavt”.
What does frei mean in English?
adjective
- 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
suffix
- 1
-free (free from, devoid of, without)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unabhängig, nicht gefangen, nicht versklavt 2. ungehindert 3. ohne 4. uneingeschränkt
noun: 1. dienstfreie Zeit
suffix: 1. ohne das, was näher bezeichnet wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frei
- freier masculine nominative singular
- am freiesten superlative
- am freisten superlative
- freie feminine nominative singular
- freies neuter nominative singular
- freien genitive masculine singular
- freiem dative masculine singular
- der freie definite includes-article masculine
- die freie definite feminine includes-article
- das freie definite includes-article neuter
- die freien definite includes-article nominative
- des freien definite genitive includes-article
- der freien definite feminine genitive
- dem freien dative definite includes-article
- frey obsolete
- Freis genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frei?
- /fʁaɪ̯/
- [fʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frei in German?
frei appears 158 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).