vreemd

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”).

• IPA^(key): /frɪəmt/

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vreemd (attributive vreemde, comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdste)

1. strange; odd
2. foreign

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.

• IPA^(key): /vreːmt/

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• Hyphenation: vreemd
• Rhymes: -eːmt

vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)

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

   Synonym: uitheems

   vreemde insluiting ― (petrology) foreign inclusion

• natuurvreemd
• vreemdeling
• vreemdheid

• Afrikaans: vreemd
• Negerhollands: vreemd