# die Freite

die Freite is a German noun meaning “a journey undertaken to find a future wife”. Forms: der Freite, die Freiten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Freite
- Plural: die Freiten

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ a journey undertaken to find a future wife
   - Der Rechtsanwalt war ein kleiner, stämmiger, kahlköpfiger Mann mit dunklem, rötlich schimmerndem Barte, hellen, langhaarigen Brauen und vorstehender Stirn. Geputzt war er, wie wenn er auf die Freite ging, von der Krawatte und der doppelten Uhrkette bis zu den Lackstiefeln. — The lawyer was a little, squat, bald man, with a dark, reddish beard, light-colored long eyebrows, and an overhanging brow. He was attired as though for a wedding, from his cravat to his double watch-chain and varnished boots.
2. _archaic_ wooing quest

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