fremd

adjective /fɹɛmd/

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

   rare

   Something fremd has been going on here.

2. Not kin, unrelated; foreign.

   rare

   [...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood.

3. Wild; untamed.

   obsolete

Where it 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.

Related words

• fremdling

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fremd (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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