Friede

German

Alternative forms

Fried, Fried'
Frieden (more common today)

Etymology

From Middle High German vride, from Old High German fridu. Cognate with English frith, Dutch vrede, Danish fred, Swedish fred. Related to English free.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfʁiːdə]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

Friede m (weak, genitive Friedens, plural Frieden)

(formal) peace
Antonym: Krieg

Declension

Declension of Friede [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Friede	die	Frieden
genitive	eines	des	Friedens	der	Frieden
dative	einem	dem	Frieden	den	Frieden
accusative	einen	den	Frieden	die	Frieden

Derived terms

Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen
Friedensgöttin (“goddess of peace”)
Friedensnobelpreis
Friedenspolitik (“peace policy”)
Friedenssymbol (“symbol of peace”)
Friedenstaube (“dove of peace”)
Friedenszeit
friedfertig
friedliebend (“peace-loving”)
friedlich
friedlos (“peaceless”)
friedvoll
Wahnfried (“delusion of peace”)

Related terms

Further reading

“Friede” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Friede” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Friede” in Duden online
Friede on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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