Brieffreund

German

Etymology

Brief (“letter”) +‎ Freund (“friend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁiːfˌfʁɔɪ̯nt/

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Noun

Brieffreund m (strong, genitive Brieffreundes or Brieffreunds, plural Brieffreunde, feminine Brieffreundin)

1. pen pal, penfriend (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Brieffreund [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Brieffreund	die	Brieffreunde
genitive	eines	des	Brieffreundes, Brieffreunds	der	Brieffreunde
dative	einem	dem	Brieffreund, Brieffreunde1	den	Brieffreunden
accusative	einen	den	Brieffreund	die	Brieffreunde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Brieffreundschaft

Related terms

• Briefkasten
• Schulfreund

Further reading

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