Adjective
fremd
Pronunciation: /fʁɛmt/
strange
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Meanings
Adjective
- strange
- foreign
- external
Example sentence
Die Stimme am Telefon kam mir fremd vor.
The voice on the phone sounded strange to me.
Usage
- jemandem fremd sein — be unfamiliar to someone; person in dative
- fremd / vertraut — unfamiliar / familiar; opposite relationships to something
Mir war die Sprache völlig fremd.
The language was completely unfamiliar to me.