befria
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to liberate, to free, to make free
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German bevrien derived from German befreien (liberate, set free) affix from Swedish fri (free), fria.
Origin
Swedish
fria
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befree English
- free English
- riiata Finnish
- befreien German
- bevrijden Dutch, Flemish
- befri Norwegian Bokmål
- befrielse Norwegian Bokmål
- befrier Norwegian Bokmål
- fri Norwegian Bokmål
- Befrielsetorget Swedish
- befrielse Swedish
- befrielsefront Swedish
- befrielseteologi Swedish
- fri Swedish
- fria Swedish
- friare Swedish
- frigöra Swedish
- frihandel Swedish
- frihet Swedish
- frikyrka Swedish
- frilufts- Swedish
- frimärke Swedish
- friplåt Swedish
- frisinnad Swedish
- friskola Swedish
- fristad Swedish
- fristående Swedish
- fritid Swedish
- gästfri Swedish
- kostnadsfri Swedish
- valfri Swedish
- befrēoġan Old English
- *befreen Middle English
- bevrien Middle Dutch
- באַפֿרײַונג Yiddish
- באַפֿרײַען Yiddish
- באַפֿרײַער Yiddish
- bevrien Middle Low German
- vri Middle Low German