gemeinfrei
German, adjective/ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌfʁaɪ̯/
gemeinfrei is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-F-R-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gemeinfrei is a German adjective meaning “public domain, uncopyrighted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keinem Urheberrecht unterliegend und dadurch kostenlos nutzbar”.
What does gemeinfrei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
public domain, uncopyrighted
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keinem Urheberrecht unterliegend und dadurch kostenlos nutzbar 2. nicht vom Adel abhängig und alle politischen Rechte besitzend
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 gemeinfrei
- gemeinfreier masculine nominative singular
- gemeinfreie feminine nominative singular
- gemeinfreies neuter nominative singular
- gemeinfreien genitive masculine singular
- gemeinfreiem dative masculine singular
- der gemeinfreie definite includes-article masculine
- die gemeinfreie definite feminine includes-article
- das gemeinfreie definite includes-article neuter
- die gemeinfreien definite includes-article nominative
- des gemeinfreien definite genitive includes-article
- der gemeinfreien definite feminine genitive
- dem gemeinfreien dative definite includes-article
- den gemeinfreien dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gemeinfrei?
- /ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌfʁaɪ̯/
- [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌfʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gemeinfrei in German?
gemeinfrei appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).