Definition
The condition of being able to act or choose without unjust restriction.
Translations
- English
- freedom
- Français
- liberté
- Türkçe
- özgürlük
- Polski
- wolność
- Русский
- свобода
- Українська
- свобода
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Freiheit
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Emotions & Personality
freedom
/diː ˈfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Freiheit, seine Meinung zu äußern, ist ein wichtiges Recht.NominativSing.The freedom to express one’s opinion is an important right.
- Persönliche Freiheit ist ihr sehr wichtig.NominativSing.Personal freedom is very important to her.
- Viele Menschen kämpfen für ihre Freiheit.AkkusativSing.Many people fight for their freedom.
- Die Verfassung schützt die Freiheit des Einzelnen.AkkusativSing.The constitution protects individual freedom.
- Ohne Freiheit kann eine offene Gesellschaft nicht bestehen.AkkusativSing.An open society cannot exist without freedom.
- Alle Menschen sollen in Freiheit leben.DativSing.All people should live in freedom.
- Der Schutz der Freiheit ist eine gemeinsame Aufgabe.GenitivSing.Protecting freedom is a shared task.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Freiheit/ˈfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t/
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Article phrase
die Freiheit/diː ˈfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Freiheit | — |
| Akkusativ | die Freiheit | — |
| Dativ | der Freiheit | — |
| Genitiv | der Freiheit | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationpersönliche Freiheit
- Prepositional constructionfür die Freiheit kämpfenfür + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionin Freiheit lebenin + Dativ
- Collocationdie Freiheit schützen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- AntonymUnfreiheit
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- freiDerivational base
- -heitSuffix
Word family
- frei