Fremdling
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See also: fremdling
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vremdelinc, equivalent to fremd + -ling.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Fremdling m (strong, genitive Fremdlings, plural Fremdlinge)
- (formal, dated) stranger
- Synonym: Fremder
- 1850, Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, act I:
- Welch Zaubern dich auch hergeführt, / Fremdling, der mir so kühn erscheint, / dein stolzes Drohn mich nimmer rührt, / da ich zu lügen nie vermeint
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (formal, dated) foreigner, alien
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