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What is the difference between Freund = friend and Freund = boyfriend ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Freund = friend and Freund = boyfriend ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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If you want to use 'boyfriend' you most often say 'mein/dein/sein/ihr Freund'. For example: 'Ich habe heute meinen Freund getroffen.' which most German people would understand as 'I met my boyfriend today'.
If you want to use 'friend' you would say something like 'eine/einer meiner Freundinnen/Freunde' (so 'friend' can mean both 'Freund' or 'Freundin'). For example: 'Ich habe heute einen meiner Freunde getroffen.' which most German people would understand as 'I met a friend today.'
Equivalently you can say 'Ich habe heute einen Freund getroffen.'
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