vreemd

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vreemd, from Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (foreign, not one's own), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (forth, forward), from *por- (forward, through).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɪəmt/
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Adjective

vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)

  1. strange; odd
  2. foreign

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (foreign, not one's own), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (forth, forward), from *per- (to go over). Cognate with German fremd.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)

  1. strange, weird, odd
  2. foreign, exotic
    Synonym: uitheems
    vreemde insluiting(petrology) foreign inclusion

Declension

Declension of vreemd
uninflected vreemd
inflected vreemde
comparative vreemder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vreemd vreemder het vreemdst
het vreemdste
indefinite m./f. sing. vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
n. sing. vreemd vreemder vreemdste
plural vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
definite vreemde vreemdere vreemdste
partitive vreemds vreemders

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vreemd
  • Negerhollands: vreemd