freiheitsliebend

freedom-loving, with an independent and liberty-valuing spirit

adjective FRY-hites-lee-bend Rare

Usage Note

freiheitsliebend is a compound adjective used to characterise people or peoples who prize personal and political freedom highly. It appears frequently in political speeches and character descriptions; always positive in connotation.

Examples

"Als freiheitsliebender Mensch konnte er jede Form von Bevormundung nicht ertragen."

Natural Translation

As a freedom-loving person, he could not bear any form of paternalism.

Literal Translation

As freedom-loving person could he every form of paternalism not bear.

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