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fremde

Pronunciation: /ˈfrem.de/

“fremde” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. strange
  2. foreign
  3. a stranger

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).

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