fremd

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (dialectal, rare) Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
2. (dialectal, rare) Not kin, unrelated; foreign.
3. (obsolete) Wild; untamed.

Noun

1. (dialectal, rare) A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
2. (archaic, obsolete) An enmity.
3. (Internet, childish) Humorous alteration of "friend".

Synoniemen

unknown

adverse

foreign

hostile

remarkable

strange

surprising

unfamiliar

unfriendly

unpropitious

wild

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɹɛmd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: fremde

Overgenomen van Oudengels: fremde

Verwant aan Schots: fremmit

Verwant aan Fries: frjemd

Verwant aan Nederlands: vreemd

Verwant aan Duits: fremd

Verwant aan Zweeds: främmande

In summary

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.