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Freund.

friend

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/frɔʏ̯nt/[fʁɔʏ̯nt]

  1. friend

    masculine · strong
    Lass uns Freunde bleiben.

  2. boyfriend

    masculine · strong
    Hast du einen Freund?

  3. blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature)

    masculine · obsolete · strong
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lit., the loving one; lover, loved one, friend”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *preyH-. Cognate with Dutch vriend, German Low German Fründ, Luxembourgish Frënd, West Frisian freon, English friend, Danish frænde (“relative”), Faroese frændi (“friend, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“relative”), Norwegian Bokmål frende (“relative”), Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“relative”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”), Old English frēond (“friend, lover”), Old Norse frændi (“friend, relative”).

name/frɔʏ̯nt/[fʁɔʏ̯nt]

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lit., the loving one; lover, loved one, friend”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *preyH-. Cognate with Dutch vriend, German Low German Fründ, Luxembourgish Frënd, West Frisian freon, English friend, Danish frænde (“relative”), Faroese frændi (“friend, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“relative”), Norwegian Bokmål frende (“relative”), Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“relative”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”), Old English frēond (“friend, lover”), Old Norse frændi (“friend, relative”).

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