Friede

German

Alternative forms

• Fried, Fried'
• Frieden (more common today)

Etymology

From Middle High German vride, from Old High German fridu. Related to English free.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʁiːdə]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

Friede m (genitive Friedens, plural Frieden)

1. (formal) peace

Declension

Declension of Friede

	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

Antonyms

• Krieg

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

• frei
• Störenfried

Further reading

• “Friede” in Duden online