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fremd

fremd

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

fremd ‎(comparative fremder or more fremd, superlative fremdest or most fremd)

  1. (rare or chiefly dialectal) Strange; foreign; alien; outlandish; far off or away; distant.
    • 1873, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine:
      [...] and if I'm to be no more hereafter to them that belong to me, than to legions of strange angels, or a whole nation of fremd folk !
  2. (rare or chiefly dialectal) Not akin; unrelated.
    • 1875, John Howard Nodal, George Milner, A glossary of the Lancashire dialect:
      Thus, a person living with a family to whom he is not related is termed "a fremd body." If it were asked, "Is he akin to you?" the answer would be, "Nawe, he's fremd," i.e. "he's one of us, but not a relation."
    • 1851, Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Passages in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside:
      [...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood.
  3. (rare or chiefly dialectal) Out of the ordinary; unusual; unwonted.
    a fremd day
  4. (rare or chiefly dialectal) Strange; weird; outlandish; singular; odd; queer.
    A fremd man this. — Hodgson MS.
  5. (archaic or obsolete) Wild; untamed.

Derived terms

Noun

fremd ‎(plural fremds)

  1. (rare or chiefly dialectal) stranger; guest
  2. (archaic or obsolete) an enmity

References

  • 1906, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "fremd".
  • 1883, The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, "fremde, fremed".

German

Etymology

From Old High German fremidi. Cognate with English fremd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɛmt/

Adjective

fremd ‎(comparative fremder, superlative am fremdesten)

  1. strange
  2. foreign
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:
      Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.
      Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.
  3. external

Declension

Comparative forms of fremd
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fremder sie ist fremder es ist fremder sie sind fremder
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fremderer fremdere fremderes fremdere
genitive fremderen fremderer fremderen fremderer
dative fremderem fremderer fremderem fremderen
accusative fremderen fremdere fremderes fremdere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fremdere die fremdere das fremdere die fremderen
genitive des fremderen der fremderen des fremderen der fremderen
dative dem fremderen der fremderen dem fremderen den fremderen
accusative den fremderen die fremdere das fremdere die fremderen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fremderer eine fremdere ein fremderes (keine) fremderen
genitive eines fremderen einer fremderen eines fremderen (keiner) fremderen
dative einem fremderen einer fremderen einem fremderen (keinen) fremderen
accusative einen fremderen eine fremdere ein fremderes (keine) fremderen

Derived terms

Scots

Adjective

fremd

  1. Alternative form of fremmit

Etymology

From Middle English fremede ‎(“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe ‎(“foreign, strange”), from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz ‎(“foreign, not one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- ‎(“forth, forward”), from *por- ‎(“forward, through”). Cognate with Scots fremd ‎(“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd ‎(“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd ‎(“strange, foreign”), German fremd ‎(“strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande ‎(“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.

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