German Etymology From Germanic *frijaz, which derives from Indogerman *prei- to be fond of. Compare English free, Dutch vrij Pronunciation /frai/ Adjective and Adverb Not imprisoned or enslaved: ein freier Mann Not blocked: Der Weg ist frei. (as a suffix) Without. Bleifrei; frei von Schadstoffen Unlimited (rarely). Ihm wurde freie Hand für alle Maßnahmen gegeben. For which no payment is necessary (very rarely): freier Eintritt, Freibier Translations Afrikaans: verniet, gratis (5) Armenian: ազատ azat; առանց arranc‛ [arrants‘] (3); ձրի jri [dzəri] (5) Catalan: lliure (1,3), obert (2), gratis (5), gratuït (5), de franc (5) Chinese: (1) 自由的; (2) 順暢的, 通暢的; (3) 無, 不含, 未含; (4) 無限制的; (5) 免費的; Croatian: slobodan; besplatan Danish: fri (1, 2, 3) (5 - rarely used) Dutch: vrij, gratis (5), kosteloos (5) English: free (1, 2, 4, 5); -free (3) (suffix) Ekspreso: libera Esperanto: libera, senpaga (5) Estonian: vaba Finnish: vapaa; ilmainen (5); rajoittamaton French: libre (1, 2); sans (3); illimité (4); gratuit (5), gratis (5) Hebrew: chof-she (1) (4,5:slang); pa-nui (2); bli (3); chi-nam (5){note: laryngeal 'ch' unlike English 'ch'} Hungarian: szabad (1, 2), ingyenes (5), nélkül (3) Indonesian: bebas / merdeka, gratis (5), cuma-cuma, tanpa, kosong Interlingua: libere, gratis, gratuite (5) Irish: saor Italian: lìbero (1, 2); senza (3), privo di (3); illimitato (4); gratuito (5) Japanese: 自由 (じゆう, jiyū) (1), 無料 (むりょう, muryō) / ただ (tada) (2) Latin: liber (1, 2) (5 rarely) Latvian: brīvs (1, 2, 4); bez (3); par brīvu, bezmaksas (5) Low saxon: fri, leddig, lerrig, ledig Norwegian: fri, gratis (5) Occitan: liure (1,3), dobèrt (2), gratis (5), gratuït (5), Polish: wolny, niezależny, bezpłatny (5), nieograniczony Portuguese: livre (1,2), livre de (3), grátis (5), gratuito m (5), gratuita f (5), disponível, vazio m, vazia f Romanian: liber, gratis (5), gratuit m (5), gratuită f (5), disponibil Russian: свободный, вольный, бесплатный (5) Slovio: bezplatju Spanish: libre, gratis (5) Swedish: fri, gratis (5) Volapük: libik, livik Thesaurus ungebunden, ungezwungen, liberal (freiheitlich), kostenlos
ungebunden, ungezwungen, liberal (freiheitlich), kostenlos