Adjective: vogelfrei
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | vogelfreier |
| feminine | vogelfreie |
| neuter | vogelfreies |
| plural | vogelfreie |
Genitive
| masculine | vogelfreien |
| feminine | vogelfreier |
| neuter | vogelfreien |
| plural | vogelfreier |
Dative
| masculine | vogelfreiem |
| feminine | vogelfreier |
| neuter | vogelfreiem |
| plural | vogelfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | vogelfreien |
| feminine | vogelfreie |
| neuter | vogelfreies |
| plural | vogelfreie |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der vogelfreie |
| feminine | die vogelfreie |
| neuter | das vogelfreie |
| plural | die vogelfreien |
Genitive
| masculine | des vogelfreien |
| feminine | der vogelfreien |
| neuter | des vogelfreien |
| plural | der vogelfreien |
Dative
| masculine | dem vogelfreien |
| feminine | der vogelfreien |
| neuter | dem vogelfreien |
| plural | den vogelfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | den vogelfreien |
| feminine | die vogelfreie |
| neuter | das vogelfreie |
| plural | die vogelfreien |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein vogelfreier |
| feminine | eine vogelfreie |
| neuter | ein vogelfreies |
| plural | vogelfreien |
Genitive
| masculine | eines vogelfreien |
| feminine | einer vogelfreien |
| neuter | eines vogelfreien |
| plural | vogelfreien |
Dative
| masculine | einem vogelfreien |
| feminine | einer vogelfreien |
| neuter | einem vogelfreien |
| plural | vogelfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | einen vogelfreien |
| feminine | eine vogelfreie |
| neuter | ein vogelfreies |
| plural | vogelfreien |
Sample Sentences
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Er fühlte sich vogelfrei, zum ersten Male ein Mann, der sich auf seinen eigenen Willen lehne. (He felt free as a bird, for the first time a man who might rely on his own will.) [1843, Lina Reinhardt, “Zufalls-Spiele”, in Stunden-Blumen, Braunschweig, page 218:]
Adjectives inflected like vogelfrei
selbstgemacht,
privatrechtlich,
erwartungsfroh,
kretisch,
janusköpfig,
umsatzsteuerpflichtig,
sägeförmig,
fruchtschädigend,
fischkundlich,
bestehend,
lumbersexuell,
renoviert,
reziprok,
angolanisch,
auberginefarben,
rückwirkend,
eukaryotisch,
bestanden,
umschlossen,
hochinteressant, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
15th century, from Vogel (“bird”) + frei (“free”). The earliest use was of persons who were free from feudal obligation and thus enjoyed freedom of movement. It seems plausible that the use for “outlawed” may be based on this, in the sense that the outlaw is forced ever to move from place to place. However, the predominantly accepted derivation is from the fact that outlaws could not be buried in Christian cemeteries and were left, as it were, to the birds. Perhaps both notions have contributed.
Verbs referencing "vogelfrei"
Dutch Adjectives
vogelvrij.
Translations