Just hours after top title contender Bayer Leverkusen lost 5-1 at Bayern Munich, Mario Gotze scored the opening goal for Dortmund in the 23rd minute and Robert Lewandowski made it 2-0 after 43 minutes.
Kevin Grosskreutz finished off Freiburg for good with his score in the 78th minute.
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Mario Gomez netted a first-half hat-trick as he guided Bayern Munich to a crushing 5-1 victory at home to Bayer Leverkusen in their first match since the sacking of coach Louis van Gaal.
Simon Rolfes scored an own goal to put Bayern on the board after seven minutes, before Gomez struck in the 28th and 44th minutes and one minute into first half stoppage time for a 4-0 half-time lead.
Eren Derdiyok pulled a goal back for Leverkusen after 62, minutes before Franck Ribery made it 5-1 with 15 minutes left.
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Hannover failed to steal a march on Bayern Munich in the race for third in the German Bundesliga as they were held to a 0-0 draw at Hamburg.
The visitors posed the greater threat throughout, but their potent strike force of Didier Ya Konan and Mohammed Abdellaoue drew a blank.
The stalemate left Mirko Slomka's side with just a two-point advantage over fourth-placed Bayern, who take on second-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
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Elsewhere on Saturday, Nurnberg boosted their hopes of European football next season with a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Kaiserslautern.
Christian Eigler gave Nurnberg the lead in the 34th minute and Robert Mak secured the win with a strike two minutes into stoppage time.
The result ended a three-game winless run for Nurnberg and moved them within two points of a Europa League spot.
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Teenager Roberto Firmino's first Bundesliga goal gave Hoffenheim a 1-0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt which also kept alive their slim hopes of a Europa League berth.
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In the late kick-off, substitute Edu earned Champions League semi-finalists Schalke a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen.
The Royal Blues, who reached the last four of Europe's premier club competition earlier this week at the expense of Inter Milan, went behind in the 59th minute to a Sandro Wagner strike before Edu restored parity four minutes later.
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At the bottom, Stuttgart scored three goals in 12 second-half minutes to move four points clear of the drop zone with a 3-1 victory at Cologne.
Christian Trasch broke the deadlock in the 51st minute and Martin Harnik doubled the visitors' advantage two minutes later before Zdravko Kuzmanovic's 63rd-minute penalty made it 3-0.
Milivoje Novakovic pulled a goal back in the 69th minute but it was not enough for Cologne, who saw their eight-match winning home run ended.
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Substitute Jan Polak scored in the 89th minute as Wolfsburg grabbed a crucial point in their fight against relegation with a 2-2 home draw against fellow strugglers St Pauli.
Mario Mandzukic gave the Wolves the lead after 39 minutes only for St Pauli to level through Deniz Naki 16 minutes into the second half and go ahead through Matthias Lehmann 16 minutes later, before Polak had the final word.
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Andre Schurrle struck an 87th-minute winner as Mainz consolidated fifth place with a 1-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
The visitors had hoped to move off the foot of the table on the back of their 5-1 thrashing of Koln last Sunday, but missed their chance when Mike Hanke was sent off on 53 for two bookable offences.
Sunday's Results
Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Freiburg
Saturday's Results
Hoffenheim 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Friday's Result
Mainz 1-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
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