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fremd¹

  • /fɹɛmd/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɛmd

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From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, 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.

adjective fremder · more fremd · fremdest · most fremd · frem · frim

  1. Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar. a fremd day
  2. Not kin, unrelated; foreign. [...] seeing that they were fremd in heart, if they were kin in blood.
  3. obsolete Wild; untamed.

noun fremds · frem · frim · fren

  1. dialectal, rare A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
  2. archaic, obsolete An enmity.

fremd²

  • /fɹɛmd/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɛmd

noun fremds · frem · frim · fren

  1. Internet, childish Humorous alteration of "friend".

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@misc{fremd_2026,
  title = {fremd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fremd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}