fremd
strange; foreign; alien
English translations
- 01
foreign
- 02
strange
- 03
unfamiliar
Word details
- German meaning
- Nicht vertraut oder bekannt; von einem anderen Ort oder einer anderen Person.
- English meaning
- foreign, strange
- Synonym
- unbekannt, ausländisch
- German example
- Das ist eine fremde Kultur für mich. Ich fühle mich hier fremd.
- English example
- That is a foreign culture for me. I feel strange here.
- Comparative
- fremderSuperlative: am fremdesten
Related words
- Fremdkapital
Debt capital
- Fremdwährung
Foreign currency
- Fremdsprache
Foreign language
- fremdschämen
To feel secondhand embarrassment
- Fremdbestandteil
Foreign component
- fremdenfeindlich
Xenophobic means having a hostile or dismissive attitude towards foreigners or strangers.
- fremdsprachig
Foreign language
- Fremdwörterei
Use of foreign words
- Fremdatom
foreign atom
- fremdländisch
Foreign
- Fremdgeher
Cheater, adulterer
- Fremdenhass
xenophobia
- Fremdbeimengung
Contamination
- Fremdwort
Foreign word
- Fremdenfeindlichkeit
xenophobia
- fremdeln
To be shy with strangers
- Fremdwahrnehmung
External perception
- fremdartig
Strange
- Fremdarbeiter
A foreign worker is a person who comes from abroad to work in a particular country, often under difficult conditions. The term has a negative connotation, especially in connection with forced labor during World War II.
- Fremdschämpotenzial
Secondhand embarrassment potential
- Fremdschämpotential
The cringe potential describes the extent to which a situation or action triggers feelings of embarrassment in other observers.
- fremdsprachlich
Foreign-language
- Fremdkörper
An object or material that is not naturally present in a particular area or body.
- Fremdbestimmung
external control
- fremdgehen
To cheat on someone means to have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone who is not your spouse or partner.
- Fremdscham
vicarious embarrassment
- Fremdstoff
Foreign substance
- Fremdenverkehr
Tourism
- Fremdwörterbuch
A dictionary of foreign words explains the meaning and origin of loanwords.
- befremdend
Befremdend means that something seems strange, unfamiliar, or irritating, and evokes a feeling of unease or incomprehension.
- befremdet
baffled, disconcerted
- betriebsfremd
non-core business
- verfremden
to alienate, to estrange
- Verfremdung
Alienation effect
- praxisfremd
Impractical
- artfremd
Alien, non-native
- ortsfremd
Foreign means that something or someone does not originate from or belong to the place in question; unfamiliar in a particular place.
- befremdlich
strange, disconcerting
- Verfremdungseffekt
The alienation effect is a theatrical technique designed to alienate the audience to stimulate critical thinking by breaking the illusion of reality.
- realitätsfremd
Out of touch with reality, unrealistic
- befremden
To make someone feel uneasy, embarrassed, or surprised.
- weltfremd
Out of touch
- wildfremd
Complete stranger
- entfremden
To alienate; to cause someone to feel isolated or estranged.
- zweckentfremden
To repurpose means to use something for a purpose other than its original intended purpose.
- Befremdung
Bewilderment, unease, alienation
- Entfremdung
Alienation
- teilerfremd
coprime
- Selbstentfremdung
Self-alienation describes the state in which a person feels alienated from themselves, their needs, and feelings.
Example sentences with “fremd”
Ich fühle mich hier noch etwas fremd. (I still feel a bit like a stranger here.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the opposite of 'fremd'?
The opposite is 'vertraut' (familiar) or 'heimisch' (at home).