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/

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Adjective

vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)

1. strange; odd
2. 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:

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• Hyphenation: vreemd
• Rhymes: -eːmt

Adjective

vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)

1. strange, weird, odd
2. foreign, exotic

   Synonym: uitheems

   vreemde insluiting ― (petrology) foreign inclusion

Declension

Declension of vreemd
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
• vreemdheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vreemd
• Negerhollands: vreemd