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German
Etymology
frei + Geist
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌɡaɪ̯st/
- Hyphenation: Frei‧geist
Noun
Freigeist m (strong, genitive Freigeistes or Freigeists, plural Freigeister)
- free spirit
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 131:Daran bemerkt man, wie die weniger bedachtsamen Freigeister eigentlich nur an den Dogmen Anstoss nehmen, aber recht wohl den Zauber der religiösen Empfindung kennen; es thut ihnen wehe, letztere fahren zu lassen, um der ersteren willen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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