fremd
German, adjective/fʁɛmt/
fremd is spelled F-R-E-M-D (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fremd is a German adjective meaning “strange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht bekannt, fremdartig”.
What does fremd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strange
- 2
foreign
- 3
external
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht bekannt, fremdartig 2. von woanders her, ausländisch 3. jemand anders gehörend oder angehend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fremd
- fremder masculine nominative singular
- am fremdesten superlative
- fremde feminine nominative singular
- fremdes neuter nominative singular
- fremden genitive masculine singular
- fremdem dative masculine singular
- der fremde definite includes-article masculine
- die fremde definite feminine includes-article
- das fremde definite includes-article neuter
- die fremden definite includes-article nominative
- des fremden definite genitive includes-article
- der fremden definite feminine genitive
- dem fremden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fremd?
- /fʁɛmt/
- [fʁɛmt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fremd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fremd in German?
fremd appears 10 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).