rent-free

• Umgangssprachliches Adjektiv für etwas, das jemandem ohne bewusste Anstrengung ständig im Kopf herumgeht; häufig in der Wendung „mietfrei in jemandes Kopf wohnen“.

An informal adjective describing something that occupies one's thoughts without conscious effort, often used in the phrase 'living rent-free in someone's head'.

1. Complimentary accommodationB1formal

   Provided or occupied without payment of rent.

   Kostenlose Unterkunft

   • The company offered him a rent-free apartment for the duration of his contract.
   • They lived rent-free in their friend's house while she was abroad.
   • The caretaker's cottage was provided rent-free.

   Synonymecomplimentaryfreegratis

• Adverb, das bedeutet 'ohne Miete zu zahlen' oder 'unentgeltlich wohnen'. Es beschreibt das Wohnen an einem Ort ohne finanzielle Verpflichtungen gegenüber dem Vermieter. Der Begriff wird oft in der Wendung 'mietfrei in jemandes Kopf wohnen' verwendet – eine moderne Redewendung, die bedeutet, jemandes Gedanken zwanghaft zu besetzen.

An adverb meaning 'without paying rent' or 'at no cost for accommodation.' It is used to describe living or staying in a place without financial obligation to the landlord. The term is often used in the phrase 'live rent-free in someone's head,' a modern idiom meaning to occupy someone's thoughts persistently.

1. Without paying rentB1formal

   Living or staying in a place without paying any money for its use.

   Mietfrei

   • He lived rent-free in his uncle's apartment for a year.
   • The caretaker stays rent-free in the cottage on the property.
   • They offered her a room rent-free in exchange for helping with chores.

   Synonymefor freefreegratis