fremmed
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German vremede, from Old Saxon fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz.
Adjective
fremmed (neuter fremmed, plural and definite singular attributive fremmede)
- foreign (belonging to a different culture)
- unfamiliar
- strange
- (as a noun) stranger, visitor, foreigner
Middle English
Adjective
fremmed
- Alternative form of fremde
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾêmed/
Adjective
fremmed
- foreign
- alien
Inflection
Inflection of fremmed
| Bokmål | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine singular | fremmed | fremmede | Comparative | mer fremmed | Superlative | mest fremmed | ||
| Feminine singular | fremmed | fremmede | ||||||
| Neuter singular | fremmed | fremmede | ||||||
| Plural | fremmede | fremmede |
Derived terms
- fremmedarbeider
- fremmedgjøre
- fremmedlegeme
- Fremmedlegionen
- fremmedord
- fremmedspråk
See also
- framand (Nynorsk)
References
- “fremmed” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 197