fremdeln

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German

Etymology

fremd +‎ -eln

Pronunciation

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Verb

fremdeln (weak, third-person singular present fremdelt, past tense fremdelte, past participle gefremdelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to conceive alienation, to have reservations in accommodating the fremd
    • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 173:
      Ich wusste ja, was sie noch umtrieb, außer dass sie fremdelte: Der neueste Familienzuwachs war ein ausgewachsener Ungläubiger!
      Sure I knew what icked her, except the unwontedness: The new family member was a full-fledged infidel!
    • 2023 June 28, Gareth Joswig, “Rechtsextremismus in Ostdeutschland: Fremdeln mit der Demokratie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Viele Menschen in Ostdeutschland wünschen sich einen autoritären Staat und fremdeln mit der Demokratie. Das ist das Ergebnis einer repräsentativen Studie des Else-Frenkel-Brunswik-Instituts (EFBI) der Universität Leipzig, die am Mittwoch veröffentlicht wurde.
      Many man in Eastern Germany desire an authoritarian state and are disenchanted by democracy. This is the result of a representative study of the Else Frenkel-Brunswik Institute (EFBI) of the University of Leipsic, published Wednesday.

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Further reading

  • fremdeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fremdeln” in Duden online
  • fremdeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon