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Brieffreundschaft

pen-pal friendship, correspondence friendship

noun BREEF-froynd-shaft Rare
People & Society Relationships

Usage Note

Brieffreundschaft refers to a friendship maintained primarily through written correspondence. Today it extends to email and message exchanges. Common in school exchange programmes.

Examples

"Aus der Brieffreundschaft wurde nach vielen Jahren eine echte Freundschaft."

Natural Translation

After many years the pen-pal friendship turned into a real friendship.

Literal Translation

From the correspondence-friendship became after many years a real friendship.

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