Freiland

German

Etymology

frei +‎ Land

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌlant/
• Hyphenation: Frei‧land

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Freiland n (strong, genitive Freilandes or Freilands, no plural)

1. free land, a component of Freiwirtchaft, an economic system proposed by the German-Argentine economist Silvio Gesell (1862–1930) in his book, The Natural Economic Order.
2. open ground

Declension

Declension of Freiland [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Freiland
genitive	eines	des	Freilandes, Freilands
dative	einem	dem	Freiland, Freilande1
accusative	ein	das	Freiland

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Full text of The Natural Economic Order
• “Freiland” in Duden online