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by phreeza 755 days ago
Similar word also exists in standard German, where it originally meant "f*cker" but now just means a man who buys services from a prostitute.
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rurban 755 days ago
Freier is not F*cker, just someone who needs to pay for sex, and is more independent then
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phreeza 755 days ago
No it more likely comes from archaic "freien", which still is used for "to marry" but used to mean something slightly different ;)
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fransje26 755 days ago
They still use a variant of that word in Dutch: vrijen. With the old meaning.. ;)
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actionfromafar 755 days ago
The even older meaning is "courter".
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