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Freilich

Freilich proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Freilich (plural Freiliches or Freilichs)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of Freilich

pluralFreiliches
pluralFreilichs

Origin of Freilich

Ashkenazi surname, from Yiddish פֿריילעך (freylekh, “happy, cheerful”). Compare German freilich (“certainly, of course”).

Questions about Freilich

What does Freilich mean?
Freilich means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Freilich?
Freilich is a proper noun.

Words near Freilich in the dictionary

  1. freightyard
  2. freightyards
  3. freijo
  4. freik
  5. Freikorps
  6. Freilich
  7. Freilichs
  8. Freiman
  9. Freiman's theorem
  10. Freimuth
  11. Freimuths

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