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fremd.

Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/fɹɛmd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.

    dialectal · rare
    a fremd day
    Something fremd has been going on here.

  2. Not kin, unrelated; foreign.

    dialectal · rare

  3. Wild; untamed.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.

noun/fɹɛmd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.

    dialectal · rare

  2. An enmity.

    archaic · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”). Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.

noun/fɹɛmd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. Humorous alteration of "friend".

    Internet · childish
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