Freier
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Freier (plural Freiers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Freier is the 23804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Freier is most common among White (96.14%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Freier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 602.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From freien (“to woo, to exhibit love”). Semantic pejoration is also found, to a lesser extent, in Dutch vrijen (now generally “to have sex”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Freier m (strong, genitive Freiers, plural Freier, feminine Freierin)
- john, punter (client of a prostitute)
- Synonyms: Bordellbesucher, Kober
- 1994, “Willenlos”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:
- Ihr Name war Fräulein Meyer / Meyer mit Ypsilon / sie schaffte täglich zehn Freier / was für 'ne Kondition
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (archaic) courter (one who woos a woman for marriage)
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:
- Was soll das lüsterne Geleyer? / Du bist ein miserabler Freier, / Stolzirst einher und thust so groß!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Freier is now expected to be used in the context of prostitution. The old sense of one who seeks marriages is expressed by Heiratskandidat or terms of this kind.
Declension
Declension of Freier
Descendants
- → Czech: frajer m
- → Hebrew: פראייר m (fráyer)
- → Hungarian: frájer
- → Goral: frajérz
- → Polish: frajer
- → Russian: фра́ер m (frájer)
- → Serbo-Croatian: фрајер / frajer m
- → Yiddish: פֿרײַער m (frayer)
Further reading
- “Freier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Freier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Freier” in OpenThesaurus.de
Freier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Freier” in Duden online
- “Freier” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
