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Freiwilliger

German, noun

Freiwilliger is spelled F-R-E-I-W-I-L-L-I-G-E-R (12 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freiwilliger is a German masculine noun meaning “volunteer (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Freiwillige. In lower case, freiwilliger is a different word: “comparative degree of freiwillig”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der sich freiwillig zum Militärdienst meldet”.

What does Freiwilliger mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevolunteer (male or of unspecified gender)

noun

  1. 1

    femininestrong genitive/dative singular

  2. 2

    femininestrong genitive plural

adjective

as freiwilliger
  1. 1

    comparative degree of freiwillig

adjective

as freiwilliger
  1. 1

    masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular

  2. 2

    femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular

  3. 3

    strong genitive plural

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. jemand, der sich freiwillig zum Militärdienst meldet 2. jemand, der freiwillig an etwas teilnimmt

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 Freiwilliger

  • der Freiwillige definite nominative
  • Freiwilligen genitive
  • Freiwillige plural
  • die Freiwilligen definite plural
  • Freiwilligem dative singular strong
  • des Freiwilligen genitive singular
  • der Freiwilligen genitive plural
  • dem Freiwilligen dative singular
  • den Freiwilligen dative plural
  • ein Freiwilliger nominative singular
  • keine Freiwilligen nominative plural
  • eines Freiwilligen genitive singular
  • keiner Freiwilligen genitive plural
  • einem Freiwilligen dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Freiwilliger

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Freiwilliger in German?

Freiwilliger appears 4.6 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).

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