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"freie Medien" et al are idiomatic. "frei" still subsumes "kostenlos" in the general case (e.g. free entry). English has "gratis" or "free of charge", too.

• franciscop 8y ago
  Wait is "gratis" an actual, common English word? As a Spaniard I thought it was a joke kind of thing or used in extreme cases to differentiate, but that it was not really used in English (it is a common word in Spanish). Similar to "libre".
  • monetus 8y ago
    Its not uncommon in my experience as a native speaker. I feel like the context of gratis is more transactional than the context of free; eg. "Its a free country" makes more sense than "Its a gratis country".
    • contoraria 8y ago
      Because that's not how gratis is used. In analogy to "persona non grata", that would be "America is an acceptable country". It may be gratuitous or gracious, however.
    • franciscop 8y ago
      Yeah, "gratis" literaly means "free of charge". If you ever see a "gratis country" let me know (;
  • guitarbill 8y ago
    It is extremely uncommon in British, Australian, and American English (as any search engine will show).