vrij

• IPA^(key): /vrɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: vrij
• Homophone: Vrij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

From Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, a derivation from *preyH- (“to be fond of”). Related to vrijen (“to make love”), vrijdag (“Friday”), vriend (“friend”), and vrede (“peace”).

vrij (comparative vrijer, superlative vrijst)

1. free; not imprisoned or enslaved.

   Synonym: op vrije voet

   Antonym: onvrij

   Ik ben geen nummer, ik ben een vrij man! ― I am not a number, I am a free man!

2. free; unconstrained.

   Synonyms: onbelemmerd, ongehinderd

   Antonyms: belemmerd, gehinderd

   Hij had de vrije hand over het land. ― He had a free hand over the land.

3. free; unobstructed, without blockages.

   De afvoer was vrij. ― The drain was clear.

4. free; without obligations or work.

   vrije tijd ― free time

   Ik heb twee dagen vrij gevraagd aan mijn baas. ― I asked my boss for two days off.

• Afrikaans: vry
• Negerhollands: vri, vrie, fri
• → Aukan: felei
• → Caribbean Javanese: frèi, prèi, pré
• → Indonesian: prei (“holiday, free, doing nothing”)
• → Javanese: ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi)
• → Peranakan Indonesian: vry
• → Sundanese: peré

vrij

1. fairly, rather, quite, very

   Synonyms: behoorlijk, nogal, redelijk, tamelijk

   Hij is vrij betrouwbaar ― He is fairly trustworthy

   De computer waarmee ik werk is vrij oud. ― The computer with which I work is quite old.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vrij

1. inflection of vrijen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative