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sturmfrei

German, adjective/ˈʃtʊʁmfʁaɪ̯/

sturmfrei is spelled S-T-U-R-M-F-R-E-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sturmfrei is a German adjective meaning “having the house or flat to oneself, due to the absence of parents, housemates, or flatmates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “allein im Haus der Eltern sein und machen können, was man will”.

What does sturmfrei mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialhaving the house or flat to oneself, due to the absence of parents, housemates, or flatmates

    sturmfreie Bude

  2. 2

    datedimpregnable, unable to be stormed

  3. 3

    storm-free, stormless

    sturmfreie See

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. allein im Haus der Eltern sein und machen können, was man will 2. gegen Erstürmung und gewaltsames Eindringen gesichert, uneinnehmbar 3. ohne Sturm, ohne starken Wind 4. windgeschützt

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 sturmfrei

  • sturmfreier masculine nominative singular
  • sturmfreie feminine nominative singular
  • sturmfreies neuter nominative singular
  • sturmfreien genitive masculine singular
  • sturmfreiem dative masculine singular
  • der sturmfreie definite includes-article masculine
  • die sturmfreie definite feminine includes-article
  • das sturmfreie definite includes-article neuter
  • die sturmfreien definite includes-article nominative
  • des sturmfreien definite genitive includes-article
  • der sturmfreien definite feminine genitive
  • dem sturmfreien dative definite includes-article
  • den sturmfreien dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce sturmfrei?

  • /ˈʃtʊʁmfʁaɪ̯/
  • [ˈʃtʊʁmˌfʁaɪ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sturmfrei

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

How common is sturmfrei in German?

sturmfrei appears about once in every 10 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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