fremd

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
2. An enmity.
3. Humorous metathesis of "friend".

Concepts

fremd

foreign

strange

unknown

unfamiliar

remarkable

surprising

wild

unfriendly

hostile

adverse

unpropitious

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɛmd/

Etymology

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), 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.