fremd

/ (frɛmd, freɪmd) /

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adjective

archaic alien or strange

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Word Origin for fremd

Old English fremde; related to Old High German fremidi

Words nearby fremd

freight ton, freight train, Freleng, Frelinghuysen, Fremantle, fremd, fremitus, Fremont, frenate, French, French Academy

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How to use fremd in a sentence

"Twenty-three years," he bellowed at the top of his voice, for he saw that I was fremd, and wished to make himself clear.
Home Life in Germany|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
Verstellung ist der offnen Seele fremd—Dissimulation 15 is alien to the open soul.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.
Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
Have you a certainty that Normans wife was his sister, that you are thus mourning for a fremd man?
Merkland|Mrs. Oliphant

Onyway it maun be for love ony fremd person taks heed o us—for it canna be for siller.
Merkland|Mrs. Oliphant