befri in Danish

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Etymology: From Middle Low German bevrien. Equivalent to be- + fri. Compare Swedish befria and German befreien. Etymology templates: {{der|da|gml|bevrien}} Middle Low German bevrien, {{pre|da|be|fri}} be- + fri, {{cog|sv|befria}} Swedish befria, {{cog|de|befreien}} German befreien Head templates: {{head|da|verb|past tense|befriede|or|befriet|past participle|befriet}} befri (past tense befriede or befriet, past participle befriet) Forms: befriede [past], befriet [past], befriet [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], befri [active, infinitive], befries [infinitive, passive], befrier [active, present], befries [passive, present], befriede [active, past], befriedes [passive, past], befri [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], befriende [participle, present], (have /havde) befriet [participle, past], befrien [gerund, participle]

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "befrier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "befrielse"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gml",
        "3": "bevrien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German bevrien",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "fri"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + fri",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "befria"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish befria",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "befreien"
      },
      "expansion": "German befreien",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German bevrien. Equivalent to be- + fri. Compare Swedish befria and German befreien.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "befriede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befries",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befries",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) befriet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befrien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "past tense",
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        "6": "befriet",
        "7": "past participle",
        "8": "befriet"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to free, set free"
      ],
      "id": "en-befri-da-verb-5sZVsSE4",
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "30 70",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to relieve (someone) of a toilsome burden"
      ],
      "id": "en-befri-da-verb-lolNs6Y~",
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        [
          "relieve",
          "relieve"
        ],
        [
          "toilsome",
          "toilsome"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "befri"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms prefixed with be-",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "befrier"
    },
    {
      "word": "befrielse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "bevrien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German bevrien",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "fri"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + fri",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "befria"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish befria",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "befreien"
      },
      "expansion": "German befreien",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German bevrien. Equivalent to be- + fri. Compare Swedish befria and German befreien.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "befriede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befries",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befrier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befries",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befriende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) befriet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befrien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
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        "5": "or",
        "6": "befriet",
        "7": "past participle",
        "8": "befriet"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to free, set free"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to relieve (someone) of a toilsome burden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relieve",
          "relieve"
        ],
        [
          "toilsome",
          "toilsome"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "befri"
}

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  "msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 2 couldn't split inflection templates, befri/Danish section conjugation",
  "path": [
    "befri"
  ],
  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "befri",
  "trace": ""
}

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"befri" meaning in Danish

Verb