freien
German, verb/ˈfʁaɪ̯ən/
freien is spelled F-R-E-I-E-N (6 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written German, the 1,138th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freien is a German verb meaning “Synonym of befreien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of frei. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden zum Mann oder zur Frau nehmen”.
What does freien mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto marry or marry off
- 2
archaicto court, to woo, to make advances
- 3
Synonym of befreien
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden zum Mann oder zur Frau nehmen 2. um die Hand einer Frau werben (lassen)
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 freien
- freit present singular third-person
- freite past
- gefreit participle past
- haben auxiliary
- freiend participle present
- freie first-person indicative present
- freist indicative present second-person
- freiest second-person singular subjunctive
- freiet plural second-person subjunctive
- freiten first-person indicative plural
- freitest indicative preterite second-person
- freitet indicative plural preterite
- frei imperative second-person singular
- habe gefreit first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefreit first-person indicative multiword-construction
- freie! imperative singular
- freit! imperative plural
- gefreit haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce freien?
- /ˈfʁaɪ̯ən/
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ən]
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯n̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to freien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is freien in German?
freien appears 76 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).