Definition of FREMD

fremd

Plural: fremds

Adj

  • Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
  • Not kin, unrelated; foreign.
  • Wild; untamed.

Noun

  • A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
  • An enmity.
  • Humorous alteration of "friend".

Adjective

  • Strange, foreign, or alien in nature.

Examples

  • a fremd day
  • A fremd man this.
  • Something fremd has been going on here.
  • The word ’FREMD’ looked fremd on the Scrabble board, but it was perfectly valid.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”).
Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.

Scrabble Score: 11

fremd: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fremd: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fremd: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

fremd: valid Words With Friends Word