Frisch

Frisch is a German adjective meaning fresh or newly made, and it is used to describe food, air, or other things that have not deteriorated or aged. It can indicate recent time, as in frisch gemeldet (recently reported) or frisch gebackenes Brot (freshly baked bread), as well as a state of vitality, such as ein frischer Wind. In compound forms and expressions, the sense of immediacy or renewability is common, and the word is widely used in everyday German.

The term derives from Old High German frisch, with cognates in related Germanic languages, reflecting the same concept of freshness.

Frisch is also a surname in German-speaking regions. A notable bearer is Max Frisch (1911–1991), a Swiss writer and playwright whose works include Homo Faber and Man in the Holocene.