ˈfremd adjective
Etymology: Middle English fremd, fremde, from Old English fremde; akin to Old High German fremidi, framadi strange, Gothic framatheis strange, belonging to someone else, alienated; all from a prehistoric East Germanic-West Germanic adjective derived from a word represented by Old English fram from, away — more at from
1. now chiefly Scotland : foreign , unfamiliar
2. now chiefly Scotland : not belonging to one's own family or household : unrelated
• fremd·ly adverb
• fremd·ness noun -es