German

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Etymology

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frei +‎ geben

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfʁaɪˌɡeːbən], [-bm̩]
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  • Hyphenation: frei‧ge‧ben

Verb

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freigeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt frei, past tense gab frei, past participle freigegeben, past subjunctive gäbe frei, auxiliary haben)

  1. to release, to declassify (to put at public disposal)
  2. to release, to liberate (to set free from imprisonment)
  3. to furlough (to grant a furlough to someone)
  4. (computing) to unlock (to enable access to a protected resource)
  5. (computing) to activate, to enable (to put a software functionality into operation)
    Synonyms: aktivieren, einschalten
    Antonym: sperren

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • freigeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • freigeben” in Duden online