Danish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /frɛməð/, [ˈfʁamð̩], [ˈfʁɑmð̩]

Adjective edit

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

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

Noun edit

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

Declension edit

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Middle English edit

Adjective edit

fremmed

  1. Alternative form of fremde

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

fremmed

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

  1. foreign
  2. alien

Inflection edit

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See also edit

References edit

  • “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