strange

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, especially if slightly uncomfortable.
2. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
3. (slang) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
4. Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
5. Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
6. (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
7. (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
8. (obsolete) Backward; slow.
9. (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
10. Not belonging to one.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To alienate; to estrange.
2. (obsolete) To be estranged or alienated.
3. (obsolete) To wonder; to be astonished at (something).

Noun

1. (slang) Sex outside of one's current relationship.
2. A strange quark.

Concepten

vreemd

raar

eigenaardig

gek

vreemdsoortig

wonderlijk

onbekend

buitenlands

onwennig

bijzonder

bizar

buitengewoon

curieus

grappig

zonderling

rare

vreemde

typisch

aardig

amusant

boertig

koddig

komisch

lachwekkend

leuk

luimig

moppig

schertsend

vermakelijk

wonderlijk

apart

uitheems

strange

andermans

excentriek

grotesk

angstwekkend

bovennatuurlijk

griezelig

merkwaardig

spookachtig

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Displaced native Middle English selcouth and uncouth, from Old English seldcūþ and uncūþ.

Zinnen

But a strange thing happened .

Maar er gebeurde iets vreemds.