sturmfrei
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtʊʁmfʁaɪ̯/
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Adjective
sturmfrei (strong nominative masculine singular sturmfreier, not comparable)
- (colloquial) having the house or flat to oneself, due to the absence of parents, housemates, or flatmates
- sturmfreie Bude ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Ich hab dieses Wochenende sturmfrei! ― I'm home alone this weekend!
- (military, dated) impregnable, unable to be stormed
- Synonym: uneinnehmbar
- 1906, Felix Dahn, Ein Kampf um Rom, volume 1:
- Und nun bildete die turmhohe Marmorburg eine sturmfreie Schanze für das aurelische Thor, um so mehr als der Tiber knapp davor einen natürlichen Festungsgraben zog.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (weather, literally) storm-free, stormless
- sturmfreie See ― stormless sea
Declension
Positive forms of sturmfrei (uncomparable)
Derived terms
- Sturmfreiheit
Further reading
- “sturmfrei” in Duden online
- “sturmfrei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sturmfrei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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