freuen
German (Berlin)
/ˈfʀɔɪ̯ən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to gladden, to make glad, to make pleased
- (reflexive) to be glad, to be pleased (about something: über + accusative)
- (reflexive) to look look forward (to something: auf + accusative)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vröiwen inherited from Old High German frewan, frō affix from German froh (glad, merry, cheerful, happy).
Origin
German (Berlin)
froh
Gloss
glad, merry, cheerful, happy
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frohnatur German
- erfreuen German
- erfreulich German
- erwartungsfroh German
- farbenfroh German
- froh German
- fröhlich German
- gottfroh German
- weinfroh German
- *frawaz Proto-Germanic
- frewan Old High German
- frō Old High German
- vröiwen Middle High German
- vröuwen, vrouwen Middle High German
- vrō Middle High German
- erfreeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- freeën Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- frou Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- freuwe Alemannic German