Ausländer

Meaning

  1. foreigner; foreign national, regardless of descent (male or of unspecified gender)
  2. (informal) allochthone person, regardless of nationality (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

foreigner

stranger

alien

foreigners

gentile

barbarian

devil

different person

Chinese

greenhorn

colonist

resettler

expatriate

foreign country

noncitizen

outlander

third Person

gringo

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ/
Etymology

From Middle High German ūzlender, derived from ūzlant (“outlying fields”). See aus, Länder. Modern German Ausland (“foreign countries”) is a backformation from Ausländer. Compare archaic Dutch uitlander, English outlandish, outlander, Danish udlænding.

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