fremmed

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vremede, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz, cognate with Swedish främmande, German fremd.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fremmed (neuter fremmed, plural and definite singular attributive fremmede)

  1. foreign, alien (belonging to a different culture)
  2. unfamiliar (unknown)
  3. strange (odd)

Noun

fremmed (singular definite den fremmede, plural indefinite fremmede)

  1. foreigner (coming from a different country)
    Synonym: udlænding
  2. stranger (an unfamiliar person)
  3. visitor
    Synonym: gæst

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Middle English

Adjective

fremmed

  1. Alternative form of fremde

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vremede, from Old Saxon fremithi. Cognates include Danish fremmed, German fremd, Dutch vreemd, Scots frempt, fremmit, and Old English fremede.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fremmed

fremmed (indefinite singular fremmed, definite singular and plural fremmede, comparative mer fremmed, superlative mest fremmed)

  1. foreign
  2. alien

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See also

References

  • “fremmed” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (190306) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 197