freimachen
German, verb
freimachen is spelled F-R-E-I-M-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freimachen is a German verb meaning “to put a stamp on (envelope, letter, parcel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Freimachen is a different word: “gerund of freimachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Postsendung durch aufkleben von Briefmarken bezahlen”.
What does freimachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put a stamp on (envelope, letter, parcel)
Er machte den Brief frei.
- 2
to clear (a road, a path)
- 3
to bare, to strip (to remove clothing)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of freimachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Postsendung durch aufkleben von Briefmarken bezahlen 2. die Kleidung ablegen, sich ausziehen 3. Urlaub nehmen
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 freimachen
- macht frei present singular third-person
- machte frei past
- freigemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- freimachend participle present
- freizumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache frei first-person indicative present
- machen frei first-person indicative plural
- machst frei indicative present second-person
- machest frei second-person singular subjunctive
- machet frei plural second-person subjunctive
- machten frei first-person indicative plural
- machtest frei indicative preterite second-person
- machtet frei indicative plural preterite
- frei machen variant
- mach frei! imperative singular
- mache frei! imperative singular
- macht frei! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to freimachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is freimachen in German?
freimachen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).