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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Hitze (“heat”) + frei (“free, having the day off”).
Adjective
hitzefrei (strong nominative masculine singular hitzefreier, not comparable)
- (usually predicative with certain verbs) excused from school because of excessively high temperatures
Die Kinder haben hitzefrei.- The children have no school because of the heat.
Der Rektor gibt den Schülern hitzefrei.- The principal gives the children the day off because of the heat.
Vielleicht kriegen wir morgen hitzefrei.- Maybe we'll be off school tomorrow because of the heat.
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Hitze (“heat”) + -frei (“-free, -less”).
Adjective
hitzefrei (strong nominative masculine singular hitzefreier, not comparable)
- (fairly rare) heatless, free from heat
- hitzefreie Lockenwickler ― heatless hair rollers
Declension
Positive forms of hitzefrei (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “hitzefrei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hitzefrei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon