Freigelassener
German, noun[ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlasn̩ɐ]
Freigelassener is spelled F-R-E-I-G-E-L-A-S-S-E-N-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freigelassener is a German masculine noun meaning “nominalization of freigelassen: a person who has been released (from captivity) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Freigelassene. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ehemaliger Sklave, aus der Sklaverei in die Freiheit entlassene Person”.
What does Freigelassener mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenominalization of freigelassen: a person who has been released (from captivity) (male or of unspecified gender)
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ehemaliger Sklave, aus der Sklaverei in die Freiheit entlassene Person
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 Freigelassener
- der Freigelassene definite nominative
- Freigelassenen genitive
- Freigelassene plural
- die Freigelassenen definite plural
- Freigelassenem dative singular strong
- des Freigelassenen genitive singular
- der Freigelassenen genitive plural
- dem Freigelassenen dative singular
- den Freigelassenen dative plural
- ein Freigelassener nominative singular
- keine Freigelassenen nominative plural
- eines Freigelassenen genitive singular
- keiner Freigelassenen genitive plural
- einem Freigelassenen dative singular
- keinen Freigelassenen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Freigelassener?
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlasn̩ɐ]
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɡəˌlasənɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Freigelassener
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Freigelassener in German?
Freigelassener appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).