fremde

See also: Fremde

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fremde

1. inflection of fremd:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fremede, fremed, fremmed, frempt, fremmid, fremmede, freomede, ffremyd, fremd

Etymology

From Old English fremde, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛmd(ə)/, /ˈfrɛmɛd(ə)/, /ˈfrɛmpt(ə)/

Adjective

fremde

1. foreign (from another country)
2. strange (out of the ordinary)
3. unrelated (not related by kinship)
4. hostile, unfriendly

Descendants

• English: fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal)
• Scots: fremmit, fremd, frempt, frem

References

• “fremed, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Old English

Alternative forms

• fremede, fremeþe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþijaz, from Proto-Germanic *fram- (related to from). Cognates include Old Saxon fremithi, Dutch vreemd, Old High German fremidi (whence German fremd), and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐍃 (framaþs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrem.de/

Adjective

fremde (comparative fremdra, superlative fremdest)

1. strange
2. foreign
   • c. 893, King Alfred's Doom Book

     Iċ eom Dryhten þīn god. Iċ þē ūt ġelǣdde of Egypta lande and of heora þēowdōme. Ne lufa þū ōðru fremdu godu ofer mē.

     I am the Lord your God. I led you out of slavery in Egypt. Don't love other foreign gods over me.

3. (substantive) a stranger

Declension

Declension of fremde — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fremde	fremdu, fremdo	fremde
Accusative	fremdne	fremde	fremde
Genitive	fremdes	fremdre	fremdes
Dative	fremdum	fremdre	fremdum
Instrumental	fremde	fremdre	fremde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fremde	fremda, fremde	fremdu, fremdo
Accusative	fremde	fremda, fremde	fremdu, fremdo
Genitive	fremdra	fremdra	fremdra
Dative	fremdum	fremdum	fremdum
Instrumental	fremdum	fremdum	fremdum

Declension of fremde — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fremda	fremde	fremde
Accusative	fremdan	fremdan	fremde
Genitive	fremdan	fremdan	fremdan
Dative	fremdan	fremdan	fremdan
Instrumental	fremdan	fremdan	fremdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fremdan	fremdan	fremdan
Accusative	fremdan	fremdan	fremdan
Genitive	fremdra, fremdena	fremdra, fremdena	fremdra, fremdena
Dative	fremdum	fremdum	fremdum
Instrumental	fremdum	fremdum	fremdum

Derived terms

• āfremdan
• āfremdung

Descendants

• Middle English: fremde, fremede, fremed, fremmed, frempt, fremmid, fremmede, freomede, ffremyd, fremd
  • English: fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal)
  • Scots: fremmit, fremd, frempt, frem