freigeben

German

Etymology

frei +‎ geben

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfʁaɪˌɡeːbən], [-bm̩]
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  • Hyphenation: frei‧ge‧ben

Verb

freigeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt frei, past tense gab frei, past participle freigegeben, past subjunctive gäbe frei, auxiliary haben)

  1. to release, to declassify (to put at public disposal)
  2. to release, to liberate (to set free from imprisonment)
  3. to furlough (to grant a furlough to someone)
  4. (computing) to unlock (to enable access to a protected resource)
  5. (computing) to activate, to enable (to put a software functionality into operation)
    Synonyms: aktivieren, einschalten
    Antonym: sperren

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Further reading

  • freigeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • freigeben” in Duden online