Freund

Czech

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Freund (literally “friend”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈfrɛu̯nt]

    Proper noun

    Freund m anim (female equivalent Freundová)

    1. a male surname from German

    Declension

    Declension of Freund (hard masculine animate)
    singular plural
    nominative Freund Freundové
    genitive Freunda Freundů
    dative Freundovi Freundům
    accusative Freunda Freundy
    vocative Freunde Freundové
    locative Freundovi Freundech
    instrumental Freundem Freundy

    Further reading

    • “Freund”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
    • Matúšová, Jana (2015), Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 41

    German

    Etymology

    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”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /frɔʏ̯nt/, [fʁɔʏ̯nt]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Audio (Austria):(file)

    Noun

    Freund m (strong, genitive Freundes or Freunds, plural Freunde, diminutive Freundchen n or Freundlein n or Freunderl n, feminine Freundin)

    1. friend
      Lass uns Freunde bleiben. ― Let’s stay friends.
    2. boyfriend
      Hast du einen Freund? ― Do you have a boyfriend?
    3. (obsolete) blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature)

    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. When used with an indefinite article (ein Freund, eine Freundin), a platonic relationship is assumed. Alternative phrasing (like ein Freund von mir using von instead of possessives), or synonyms like Partner, may be used to avoid the possible implications of the possessive forms.
    • If it's necessary to distinguish between a platonic and a romantic relationship, feste(r) Freund(in) (lit. steady boyfriend/girlfriend) always indicates a romantic relationship. Another qualifier with Freund(in), such as gute(r) or beste(r) usually indicates a platonic relationship.
      Ich kann dein guter Freund sein, aber ich kann nicht dein fester Freund sein.
      I can be your good friend, but I can't be your boyfriend.
    • Most derived terms, such as befreundet or Freundschaft, are restricted to the platonic sense, however.

    Declension

    Declension of Freund [masculine, strong]
    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 rare, see notes.

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    Proper noun

    Freund m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Freunds or (with an article) Freund, feminine genitive Freund, plural Freunds)

    1. a surname

    Further reading

    • “Freund”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Freund” in Duden online
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