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Freund

Freund

German

Noun

Freund m ‎(genitive Freunds or Freundes, plural Freunde)

Usage notes

Freund and Freundin may refer to either a platonic friend or a boyfriend/girlfriend.

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

befreundet
Blutsfreund m, Blutsfreundin f
Busenfreund m, Busenfreundin f
Freundin f

Etymology

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): [fʁɔʏnt]