fremmedord

Danish

Etymology

fremmed (“foreign”) +‎ ord (“word”)

Noun

fremmedord n (singular definite fremmedordet, plural indefinite fremmedord)

1. a loanword that has not been assimilated (orthographically, phonologically, inflectionally etc.), and is hence perceived as foreign
2. (by extension) a word denoting a concept claimed to be alien to someone
   • 2010, Thomas Larsen, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, I orkanens øje: samtaler med statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 8:

     Spin er ikke et fremmedord for Løkke.

     Spin is not an alien concept to Løkke.

   • 2010, Benn Q. Holm, Hafnia punk, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     “Far” var allerede et fremmedord for Luna, “far” var ham der kom en gang om måneden når han alligevel var i nabolaget.

     "Father" was already a foreign notion to Lune, "father" was that guy who came once a month when he happened to be in the neighbourhood.

   • 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 173:

     Ifølge chefredaktør Carsten Juste var presseetik og selvcensur ikke et^[sic] fremmedord for Jyllands-Posten: ...

     According to head editor Carsten Juste, press ethics and self-censorship were not an alien concept^[sic] to Jyllands-Posten: ...

   • 2017, Niels Vogel, Bliv voksen!: En bog om de umodne voksne, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 152:

     Empati, som er grundpillen i den sociale intelligens, var i det store og hele et fremmedord for Glistrup, ...

     Empathy, which is the fundamental pillar of social intelligence, was, on the whole, a foreign concept to Glistrup, ...

Declension

Declension of fremmedord

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fremmedord	fremmedordet	fremmedord	fremmedordene
genitive	fremmedords	fremmedordets	fremmedords	fremmedordenes

Hypernyms

• låneord (“loanword”)

Related terms

• fremmedordbog

References

• “fremmedord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fremmed +‎ ord.

Noun

fremmedord n (definite singular fremmedordet, indefinite plural fremmedord, definite plural fremmedorda or fremmedordene)

1. a foreign word (word taken from another language without being adapted in any way)

Related terms

• lånord

See also

• framandord (Nynorsk)

References

• “fremmedord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.