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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fremder

Pronunciation / Transliteration: frem-der

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stranger/ˈstreɪn.dʒər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie fühlte sich unwohl, als sie allein in der Stadt war, umgeben von Fremden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.

    "She felt nervous walking alone in the city, surrounded by strangers."
  2. 2

    A person who is new to or unfamiliar with a particular place or situation.

    "As a stranger in a foreign country, he relied on the kindness of locals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'strangere', originating from Old French 'estrangier', based on the Latin 'extraneus' meaning 'external' or 'foreign'. Over centuries, it evolved from signifying someone from outside a community to generally describing any unknown person.

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