Freund

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lover, friend”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *prēy-, *prāy- (“to like, love”). Compare Low German Fründ, Dutch vriend, West Frisian freon, English friend, Danish frænde, Faroese frændi, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds), Icelandic frændi, Norwegian Bokmål frende, Norwegian Nynorsk frende, Old Norse frændi, Swedish frände.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʀɔɪ̯nt/, [fʁɔʏnt]
audio (Austria) (file)

Noun

Freund m (genitive Freundes or Freunds, plural Freunde, feminine Freundin)

friend

Lass uns Freunde bleiben.
Let’s stay friends.
boyfriend

Hast du einen Freund?
Do you have a boyfriend?

Usage notes

Freund (and Freundin) may refer to either a platonic friend or a romantic partner. When used in the singular with a possessive (mein Freund, ihr Freund, etc.), the word usually has a romantic implication, unless the context suggests otherwise.
Most derived terms, such as befreundet or Freundschaft, are restricted to the platonic sense, however.

Declension

Declension of Freund

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Freund	die	Freunde
genitive	eines	des	Freundes, Freunds	der	Freunde
dative	einem	dem	Freund, Freunde¹	den	Freunden
accusative	einen	den	Freund	die	Freunde

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

anfreunden
befreunden, befreundet
Blutsfreund m, Blutsfreundin f
Brieffreund m, Brieffreundin f
Busenfreund m, Busenfreundin f
freundlich
Freundschaft

Further reading

Freund in Duden online

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.