Talk:frei

This is an attempt of a non-english entry. Any comments?

Shouldn't we have German text since this is a German word? I'm confused on how the multilingual thing will work. --Maveric149

No, not german text this is the English wiktionary it should be in English. Describing usage of the german word, complications of translation etc.

Oh. That makes sense. Thanks. --mav

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I would standardize the Etymology section:

< Germanic *frijaz < Indoeuropean *prei- to be fond of

131.107.3.70 08:09 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)

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I'm not so sure what "(more common translations in case (2)" means 131.107.3.70 08:09 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)

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From the examples, there is no obvious difference between meaning (5) and (6). Dieser Platz ist frei also means "... is available"

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Doesn't this page contradict what is said on the main page? It should just contain translations into English - no definitions, no translations into other languages. That's for the German wiktionary to do. — Paul G 17:03, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You seem to be correct. I am not sure what to do about it, though, as I cannot locate a Wiktionary policy that is an equivalent to the Wikipedia AFD process.

P.MacUidhir 23:08, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

From Old-English....

Sorry, but German does not come from Old-English, but (Old-)English comes from ancient Germanic.

frei is also a portuguese word

"frei" is also a word in Portuguese, deriving from "freire", meaning, as far as I know, "friar" in english.