Vocabulary
fremd
· adjective
unknown, unfamiliar; foreign, strange
A city you don't know, people you've never met, a language that isn't yours — and „Ich bin auch fremd hier“ when someone asks you the way.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- fremder
- Superlativ
- am fremdesten
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
fremd
unknown, unfamiliar; foreign, strange
Frau Hofer kennt hier alle, und bald sitzt Priya mitten unter fremden Leuten, lacht und singt mit.
Frau Hofer knows everyone here, and soon Priya is sitting in the middle of strangers, laughing and singing along.
Word family
fremdder / die Fremdestranger; foreignerdie Fremdspracheforeign language
Common combinations
- Ich bin auch fremd hier.I'm not from round here either.
- eine fremde Stadtan unfamiliar city
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
bekanntvertraut
Real examples
- Frau Hofer kennt hier alle, und bald sitzt Priya mitten unter fremden Leuten, lacht und singt mit.Frau Hofer knows everyone here, and soon Priya is sitting in the middle of strangers, laughing and singing along.
- Entschuldigung, ich weiß es nicht — ich bin auch fremd hier.Sorry, I don't know — I'm not from here either.
- In einer fremden Stadt fühle ich mich am Anfang oft allein.In a city I don't know, I often feel alone at first.
