Friend

"Friend" in German

Bekannte

(person with whom you are acquainted)

Bekannter

(person with whom you are acquainted)

Freund

(person whose company one enjoys)

Freund

(boyfriend or girlfriend)

Freund

(person who provides assistance)

Freund

(person who backs something)

Freund

(object or idea that can be used for good)

Freundchen

((sarcastic) form of address used to warn someone)

Freundin

(person whose company one enjoys)

Freundin

(boyfriend or girlfriend)

Freundin

(person who provides assistance)

Freundin

(person who backs something)

Fründ

(person whose company one enjoys)

Kamerad

(person whose company one enjoys)

Kameradin

(person whose company one enjoys)

Kumpel

(person whose company one enjoys)

Kumpelin

(person whose company one enjoys)

Kumpeline

(person whose company one enjoys)

Liebste

(boyfriend or girlfriend)

Liebster

(boyfriend or girlfriend)

sich anfreunden

(to act as the friend of)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.