Definition
A woman or girl whom someone knows well and likes in a personal, non-romantic relationship.
Translations
- English
- female friend
- Français
- amie
- Türkçe
- kadın arkadaş
- Polski
- przyjaciółka
- Русский
- подруга
- Українська
- подруга
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Freundin
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
female friend
/diː ˈfʁɔɪ̯ndɪn/
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
- Freundinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Anna ist meine beste Freundin.NominativSing.Anna is my best female friend.
- Ich treffe eine Freundin nach der Arbeit.AkkusativSing.I meet a female friend after work.
- Ich telefoniere mit meiner Freundin.DativSing.I am talking on the phone with my female friend.
- Die Schwester meiner Freundin wohnt in Bonn.GenitivSing.My female friend’s sister lives in Bonn.
- Meine Freundinnen lernen zusammen Deutsch.NominativPlur.My female friends learn German together.
- Ich lade meine Freundinnen zum Essen ein.AkkusativPlur.I invite my female friends to dinner.
- Mit meinen Freundinnen gehe ich gern spazieren.DativPlur.I like going for walks with my female friends.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Freundin/ˈfʁɔɪ̯ndɪn/
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Article phrase
die Freundin/diː ˈfʁɔɪ̯ndɪn/
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Plural
Freundinnen/ˈfʁɔɪ̯ndɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Freundin | die Freundinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Freundin | die Freundinnen |
| Dativ | der Freundin | den Freundinnen |
| Genitiv | der Freundin | der Freundinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Freundin treffen
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Freundin telefonierenmit + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeine gute Freundin
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- FreundDerivational base
- inSuffix