Ausland

Meaning

foreign countries (collectively)

Concepts

foreign country

abroad

overseas

foreign countries

foreign

strange land

foreign court

outside the area

outside the country

overseas territories

alien

👽

outland

foreign land

foreign lands

Synonyms

fremdes Land

Fremde

Übersee

Fremder

im Ausland

ausländischer Kaiserhof

außerhalb eines Gebietes

andere Länder

Ausländer

fremde Länder

ausländisch

fremd

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

ussland

Graubünden

usland

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊ̯slant/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: ūzlender

Cognate with English: outland

In summary

Back-formation from Ausländer (“foreigner”), from Middle High German ūzlender, from ūzlant (“outlying fields”), which had no continuation in Early New High German. Compare English outland.

Sentences

Er holte junge engagierte Leute , die im Ausland studiert hatten , zurück nach Georgien .

He brought young committed people who had studied abroad back to Georgia.