Adjective: gastfrei
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | gastfreier |
| feminine | gastfreie |
| neuter | gastfreies |
| plural | gastfreie |
Genitive
| masculine | gastfreien |
| feminine | gastfreier |
| neuter | gastfreien |
| plural | gastfreier |
Dative
| masculine | gastfreiem |
| feminine | gastfreier |
| neuter | gastfreiem |
| plural | gastfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | gastfreien |
| feminine | gastfreie |
| neuter | gastfreies |
| plural | gastfreie |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der gastfreie |
| feminine | die gastfreie |
| neuter | das gastfreie |
| plural | die gastfreien |
Genitive
| masculine | des gastfreien |
| feminine | der gastfreien |
| neuter | des gastfreien |
| plural | der gastfreien |
Dative
| masculine | dem gastfreien |
| feminine | der gastfreien |
| neuter | dem gastfreien |
| plural | den gastfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | den gastfreien |
| feminine | die gastfreie |
| neuter | das gastfreie |
| plural | die gastfreien |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein gastfreier |
| feminine | eine gastfreie |
| neuter | ein gastfreies |
| plural | gastfreien |
Genitive
| masculine | eines gastfreien |
| feminine | einer gastfreien |
| neuter | eines gastfreien |
| plural | gastfreien |
Dative
| masculine | einem gastfreien |
| feminine | einer gastfreien |
| neuter | einem gastfreien |
| plural | gastfreien |
Accusative
| masculine | einen gastfreien |
| feminine | eine gastfreie |
| neuter | ein gastfreies |
| plural | gastfreien |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | gastfrei |
| Comparative | gastfreier |
| Superlative | am gastfreiesten; am gastfreisten |
Sample Sentences
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eine gastfreie Aufnahme (a hospitable reception)
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eine gastfreie Familie (a hospitable family)
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ein gastfreies Haus führen (to keep a hospitable house)
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gastfrei aufgenommen werden (to be given a hospitable reception)
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1809-1813 [period of writing], Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Aus meinem Leben. Dichtung und Wahrheit [I-III], in 1982, Erich Trunz (ed.), Goethes Werke, vol. 9: Autobiographische Schriften I (C. H. Beck, Munich), p. 465 (On this side and on the other side of the Rhine, in Hagenau, Fort Louis, Philippsburg, [and] of the Ortenau [territory], I found people scattered that I [have] seen united in Sesenheim, at one with themselves, as [a] friendly host, hospitable and so willingly opening up kitchen and cellar as well as gardens and vineyards, nay the whole region.)
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2003 July 10, Tahar Ben Jelloun (translated from French by Christiane Kayser), Die Rekruten aus der Hölle, in Die Zeit, No. 29, (URL; retrieved June 16, 2015) (Others fled the Lebanese civil war and found in Morocco a hospitable country as well, that takes no umbrage at their practices.)
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2009 May 27, Yehudith Shapiro and Robert Schlickewitz, „Die jemenitischen Juden“ von Sigmund Feist (1925), in haGalil.com - Jüdisches Leben online, (URL; retrieved June 16, 2015) (Their houses were very nice, they themselves very hospitable.)
Adjectives inflected like gastfrei
schlau,
originalgetreu,
papsttreu,
fangfrisch,
regimetreu,
kontaktscheu,
schmerzfrei,
unwirsch,
himmelblau,
ungenau,
medienscheu,
behämmert,
kopfscheu,
nagelneu,
unkeusch,
sinnfrei,
taufrisch,
einwandfrei,
splitterfrei,
kamerascheu, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Gast (“guest”) + frei (“free”) (literally). The word is documented since the 16th century. The adjective frei has kept its archaic meaning of "generous" and thus gastfrei literally means "generous towards guests, generous with accommodation, hospitality".
Verbs referencing "gastfrei"
Dutch Adjectives
gastvrij, Swedish Adjectives
gästfri.
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