Gemeinfreiheit
German, noun/ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t/
Gemeinfreiheit is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-F-R-E-I-H-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gemeinfreiheit is a German feminine noun meaning “public domain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freiheit von jeglichem Urheberrecht”.
What does Gemeinfreiheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepublic domain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Freiheit von jeglichem Urheberrecht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Gemeinfreiheit?
- /ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t/
- [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gemeinfreiheit in German?
Gemeinfreiheit appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).