fremd

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /frɛmd/ UK /frɛmd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
(archaic/dialectal) strange, foreign, or unrelated

The traveler was treated as fremd in the remote village.

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Synonyms

1 adj · (archaic/dialectal)... strange foreign alien unfamiliar unrelated outlandish

Opposites

familiar native kindred known

Etymology

From Old English fremede, fremde ('strange, foreign'), from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz ('foreign'), from *fram ('forth, away from'); cognate with German fremd.

fremede Old English *framaþijaz Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Register & Style

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# fremd

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /frɛmd/
**IPA (UK):** /frɛmd/

## Meanings
1. (archaic/dialectal) strange, foreign, or unrelated

## Examples
- The traveler was treated as fremd in the remote village.

## Synonyms
- strange
- foreign
- alien
- unfamiliar
- unrelated
- outlandish

## Antonyms
- familiar
- native
- kindred
- known

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fremede
- Root: *framaþijaz

## Etymology
From Old English fremede, fremde ('strange, foreign'), from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz ('foreign'), from *fram ('forth, away from'); cognate with German fremd.

## AI Etymology
Fremd comes from Old English fremede, fremde ('strange, foreign'), from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz ('foreign'), from *fram ('forth, away from'); cognate with German fremd. The historical trail runs through Old English fremede and Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz. In modern use it means (archaic/dialectal) strange, foreign, or unrelated.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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