Fremder
German, noun
Fremder is spelled F-R-E-M-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fremder is a German masculine noun meaning “stranger (someone whom one does not know) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Fremde. In lower case, fremder is a different word: “comparative degree of fremd”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, den man nicht kennt”.
What does Fremder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestranger (someone whom one does not know) (male or of unspecified gender)
Mitten in der Nacht stand ein Fremder vor der Tür und sagte, dass wir die Polizei rufen müssen.
- 2
masculinestranger, foreigner (someone from a different country, or from a different part of a country)
In einer neuen Stadt bist du zunächst ein Fremder.
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of fremd
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, den man nicht kennt 2. jemand, der aus einem anderen Teil des Landes oder aus einem anderen Land stammt
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 Fremder
- der Fremde definite nominative
- Fremden genitive
- Fremde plural
- die Fremden definite plural
- Fremdem dative singular strong
- des Fremden genitive singular
- der Fremden genitive plural
- dem Fremden dative singular
- den Fremden dative plural
- ein Fremder nominative singular
- keine Fremden nominative plural
- eines Fremden genitive singular
- keiner Fremden genitive plural
- einem Fremden dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Fremder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fremder in German?
Fremder appears 8.5 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).