vreemd
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vreemd, from Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *por- (“forward, through”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frɪəmt/
Adjective
vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)
- strange; odd
- foreign
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vremt, vreemt, from Old Dutch fremithi, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *per- (“to go over”). Cognate with German fremd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vreːmt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: vreemd
- Rhymes: -eːmt
Adjective
vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)
- strange, weird, odd
- foreign, exotic
- vreemde insluiting ― (petrology) foreign inclusion
Inflection
Inflection of vreemd | ||||
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uninflected | vreemd | |||
inflected | vreemde | |||
comparative | vreemder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | vreemd | vreemder | het vreemdst het vreemdste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vreemde | vreemdere | vreemdste |
n. sing. | vreemd | vreemder | vreemdste | |
plural | vreemde | vreemdere | vreemdste | |
definite | vreemde | vreemdere | vreemdste | |
partitive | vreemds | vreemders | — |
Derived terms
- natuurvreemd
- vreemdeling