Fremdwort
German, noun[ˈfʁɛmtvɔʁt]
Fremdwort is spelled F-R-E-M-D-W-O-R-T (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fremdwort is a German neuter noun meaning “foreignism (a loanword that stands out as foreign)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus einer anderen Sprache übernommener Ausdruck, der im Gegensatz zu einem Lehnwort in Schreibweise…”.
What does Fremdwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterforeignism (a loanword that stands out as foreign)
- 2
neutera foreign or unknown concept, something not in one's vocabulary
„Benehmen“ ist für ihn ein Fremdwort, er ist stets unhöflich.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus einer anderen Sprache übernommener Ausdruck, der im Gegensatz zu einem Lehnwort in Schreibweise, Lautung und Grammatik nicht oder nur wenig von der Originalsprache abweicht.
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 Fremdwort
- Fremdwortes genitive
- Fremdworts genitive
- Fremdwörter plural
- Fremdworte dative singular
- Fremdwörtern dative definite plural
- Fremdw. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fremdwort?
- [ˈfʁɛmtvɔʁt]
- [ˈfʁɛmtvɔɐ̯t]
- [ˈfʁɛmtˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fremdwort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fremdwort in German?
Fremdwort appears 1.2 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).