kreisfrei
German, adjective/ˈkʁaɪ̯sfʁaɪ̯/
kreisfrei is a German adjective meaning “Not belonging to a Kreis (type of district) (of a city)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Zugehörigkeit zu einem Landkreis oder Kreis”.
What does kreisfrei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Not belonging to a Kreis (type of district) (of a city)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Zugehörigkeit zu einem Landkreis oder Kreis 2. keine Folge von Kanten enthaltend, bei denen Anfangs- und Endknoten zusammenfallen (Zyklus, Bedeutung [4])
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 kreisfrei
- kreisfreier masculine nominative singular
- kreisfreie feminine nominative singular
- kreisfreies neuter nominative singular
- kreisfreien genitive masculine singular
- kreisfreiem dative masculine singular
- der kreisfreie definite includes-article masculine
- die kreisfreie definite feminine includes-article
- das kreisfreie definite includes-article neuter
- die kreisfreien definite includes-article nominative
- des kreisfreien definite genitive includes-article
- der kreisfreien definite feminine genitive
- dem kreisfreien dative definite includes-article
- den kreisfreien dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kreisfrei?
- /ˈkʁaɪ̯sfʁaɪ̯/
- [ˈkʁaɪ̯sfʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kreisfrei in German?
kreisfrei appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).