Ausländer
Meaning
- foreigner; foreign national, regardless of descent (male or of unspecified gender)
- (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
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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