Freund – German noun declension

German noun forms of Freund

Noun: Freund
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Freund
Plural Freunde

Definite

Singularder Freund
Pluraldie Freunde

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Freundes; Freunds
Plural Freunde

Definite

Singulardes Freundes; Freunds
Pluralder Freunde

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Freund; Freunde
Plural Freunden

Definite

Singulardem Freund; Freunde
Pluralden Freunden

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Freund
Plural Freunde

Definite

Singularden Freund
Pluraldie Freunde

Sample Sentences

  • Lass uns Freunde bleiben. (Let’s stay friends.)
  • Hast du einen Freund? (Do you have a boyfriend?)

Etymology

1. 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-.
2. 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”). See: Dutch Nouns 'vriend', English Nouns 'friend', Danish Nouns 'frænde', Faroese Nouns 'frændi', Icelandic Nouns 'frændi', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'frende', Swedish Nouns 'frände', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃', Old Norse Nouns 'frændi'.

Verbs referencing "Freund"

English Nouns friend, English Nouns Friend, Old Norse Nouns frændi, Latvian Nouns prieks, Danish Nouns frænde, Swedish Nouns frände.

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