fremde

See also: Fremde

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fremde

  1. inflection of fremd:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fremde, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛmd(ə)/, /ˈfrɛmɛd(ə)/, /ˈfrɛmpt(ə)/

Adjective

fremde

  1. foreign (from another country)
  2. strange (out of the ordinary)
  3. unrelated (not related by kinship)
  4. hostile, unfriendly

Descendants

  • English: fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal)
  • Scots: fremmit, fremd, frempt, frem

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz, from Proto-Germanic *fram- (related to from). Cognates include Old Saxon fremithi, Dutch vreemd, Old High German fremidi (whence German fremd), and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐍃 (framaþs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrem.de/

Adjective

fremde (comparative fremdra, superlative fremdest)

  1. strange
  2. foreign
    • c. 893, King Alfred's Doom Book
      Iċ eom Dryhten þīn god. Iċ þē ūt ġelǣdde of Egypta lande and of heora þēowdōme. Ne lufa þū ōðru fremdu godu ofer mē.
      I am the Lord your God. I led you out of slavery in Egypt. Don't love other foreign gods over me.
  3. (substantive) a stranger

Declension

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Descendants

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