befreien

German

Etymology

be- +‎ frei (“free”) +‎ -en. Compare with Swedish befria, English befree, Norwegian Bokmål befri, Dutch bevrijden.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈfʁaɪ̯ən/
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Verb

befreien (weak, third-person singular present befreit, past tense befreite, past participle befreit, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to free (make free), to liberate
  2. (reflexive) to escape

Conjugation

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Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “befreien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “befreien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “befreien” in Duden online
  • “befreien” in OpenThesaurus.de
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