fremd
English
/fɹɛmd/
adj
Definitions
- (rare) Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
- (rare) Not kin, unrelated; foreign.
- (obsolete) Wild; untamed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fremde inherited from Old English fremde inherited from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (foreign, not one's own) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*perəm-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fremdling English
- fremedly English
- fremsome English
- Fremdatom German
- Fremdbeimengung German
- Fremdbestandteil German
- Fremdkapital German
- Fremdkörper German
- Fremdling German
- Fremdscham German
- Fremdstoff German
- Fremdwort German
- Fremdwährung German
- artfremd German
- betriebsfremd German
- entfremden German
- fremd German
- fremdartig German
- fremdeln German
- fremdficken German
- fremdgehen German
- fremdländisch German
- fremdschämen German
- fremdsprachig German
- ortsfremd German
- praxisfremd German
- realitätsfremd German
- weltfremd German
- wildfremd German
- natuurvreemd Dutch, Flemish
- vreemd Dutch, Flemish
- vreemdeling Dutch, Flemish
- vreemden Dutch, Flemish
- vreemdgaan Dutch, Flemish
- vreemdheid Dutch, Flemish
- *perəm- Proto-Indo-European
- *framaþiz Proto-Germanic
- *framaþjaz Proto-Germanic
- främmande Swedish
- afremdan Old English
- fremde Old English
- fremde Middle English
- fremedly Middle English
- fremmet Middle English
- vremt Middle Dutch
- framadi Old High German
- fremidi Old High German
- vreemd Afrikaans
- vremde Middle High German
- vremede Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- fremithi Old Dutch
- vremede Middle Low German
- brömade Cimbrian
- *femithi Old Saxon
- fremethi Old Saxon
- fremithi Old Saxon
- fremmit Scots
- frjemd Western Frisian
- frjemdling Western Frisian
- fromde Old Frisian
- froamd Saterland Frisian