Adjective: fri
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
frie
All Other Forms
fria
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | friare |
| Definite | friare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | friast |
| Definite | friaste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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Du är fri att göra som du vill. (You are free to do as you please.)
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[Jesus såg] upp och sade: »Den av er som är fri från synd skall kasta första stenen på henne.« (Jesus looked up and said, "Whoever among you is free from sin shall cast the first stone at her.") [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Johannesevangeliet [John] 8:7”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2025:]
Adjectives inflected like fri
friktionsfri,
gästfri,
flärdfri,
skattefri,
go,
ny,
rå,
smärtfri,
isfri,
fri,
kry,
slö,
koffeinfri,
fossilfri,
bekymmersfri,
felfri,
fördomsfri,
bilfri,
riskfri,
kramgo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Low German vri, from Old Saxon frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz.
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