fremd

adjective

ˈfremd

1

now chiefly Scottish : foreign, unfamiliar

2

now chiefly Scottish : not belonging to one's own family or household : unrelated

fremdly adverb

fremdness noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fremd, fremde, from Old English fremde; akin to Old High German fremidi, framadi strange, Gothic framatheis strange, belonging to someone else, alienated; all from a prehistoric East Germanic-West Germanic adjective derived from a word represented by Old English fram from, away

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