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der Freund (-e)
   friend (m.)
die Freundin (-nen)
   friend (f.)

Ihr Geld ist nicht weg, mein Freund, es hat nur ein anderer.
Your money isn't gone, my friend. It's just that someone else has it.
– Banker James Mayer de Rothschild
Hat er viele Freunde?
Does he have lots of friends?
Ein Freund, ein guter Freund,
das ist das schönste
was es gibt auf der Welt.
A friend, a good friend,
that's the nicest thing
there is in the world.*

*From a classic German tune from the film Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), starring Lilian Harvey and Heinz Rühmann. See the full lyrics, as sung by Max Raabe.

Related:
freundlich friendly
die Freundschaft friendship

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