German adjective · CEFR A2
fremde
Meaning in English: foreign, strange, unfamiliar
This is a form of fremd, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Sie lernt gern fremde Sprachen.
She enjoys learning foreign languages.
How common is fremde?
fremde is number 4,642 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,638untersagtprohibited, forbidden
- 4,639verschiedenstenmost diverse, all sorts of
- 4,640mittleremiddle, medium, average
- 4,641die Toleranztolerance
- 4,642fremdeforeign, strange, unfamiliar
- 4,643das Liedsong
- 4,644RussenRussians
- 4,645angeschlossenconnected, attached
- 4,646positivespositive
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,642
- The most common German adjectives#848
- German A2 vocabulary#918
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.