die Freund
noun · /frɔʏ̯nt/ ·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”).
Translation
-
friend
masculine, strong
Lass uns Freunde bleiben.
Let’s stay friends.
-
boyfriend
masculine, strong
Hast du einen Freund?
Do you have a boyfriend?
- blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature) masculine, obsolete, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Freund | Freunde |
| Accusative | Freund | Freunde |
| Dative | Freund | Freunden |
| Genitive | Freundes | Freunde |