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/

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vreemd
  • Rhymes: -eːmt

Adjective

vreemd (comparative vreemder, superlative vreemdst)

  1. strange, weird, odd
  2. foreign, exotic
    vreemde insluiting(petrology) foreign inclusion

Inflection

Inflection of vreemd
uninflected vreemd
inflected vreemde
comparative vreemder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vreemdvreemderhet vreemdst
het vreemdste
indefinite m./f. sing. vreemdevreemderevreemdste
n. sing. vreemdvreemdervreemdste
plural vreemdevreemderevreemdste
definite vreemdevreemderevreemdste
partitive vreemdsvreemders

Derived terms

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