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vreemd

vreemd

Afrikaans

Adjective

vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)

  1. strange; odd
  2. foreign

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vreːmt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (foreign, not one's own), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (forth, forward), from *por- (forward, through). Cognate with German fremd.

Adjective

vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)

  1. strange, weird, odd
  2. foreign, exotic
    vreemde insluiting - (petrology) foreign inclusion

Inflection

Inflection of vreemd
uninflected vreemd
inflected vreemde
comparative vreemder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vreemd vreemder het vreemdst
het vreemdste
indefinite m./f. sing. vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
n. sing. vreemd vreemder vreemdste
plural vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
definite vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
partitive vreemds vreemders

Derived terms