Befreiungs
Befreiungs is a bound morpheme in German that signals liberation or emancipation when forming compounds. The base noun is Befreiung, meaning liberation, release from oppression, or emancipation. The related verb befreien means to liberate, and the suffix -ung turns the verb into a noun describing an action or result.
In practice, Befreiungs- appears in a range of compound nouns and adjectives that denote specific liberating
Historically, the term has notable traction in German-language historiography. Befreiungskrieg describes the Napoleonic Wars’ German campaigns
In a broader sense, Befreiung can also refer to personal or social emancipation, such as freedom from