frei
Meaning in English: free, vacant
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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Ist dieser Platz noch frei?
Is this seat free?
Forms of frei in the top 5,000
These forms of frei are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Bei schönem Wetter essen wir im Freien.
When the weather is nice we eat outdoors.
Gibt es noch freie Plätze?
Are there any free seats left?
Er arbeitet seit Jahren als freier Journalist.
He has worked as a freelance journalist for years.
How common is frei?
frei is number 729 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 124 times per million words — about once every 8,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on frei:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 725läuftruns, walks; is on (TV)
- 726überhauptat all, anyway
- 727der Besuchvisit; visitors
- 728erforderlichrequired, necessary
- 729freifree, vacant
- 730Studierendestudents
- 731das Engagementcommitment, involvement
- 732der Präsidentpresident
- 733die Klasseclass; great!
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#729
- The 5,000 most common German words#729
- The most common German adjectives#85
- German A1 vocabulary#315
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.