Polyglot Dictionary

Außenseiter

/ˈaʊsn̩ˌzaɪtɐ/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Außenseiter

Meaning

  1. outsider

    Built from außen (outside) + Seite (side).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • außen outside
  • Seite side

Similar words

Ausländer

Easy to wrongly treat as synonyms: Außenseiter is a social outsider, someone who doesn't fit in, regardless of nationality; Ausländer is a foreigner, defined purely by nationality.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

forastero

forastero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "outsider."

Portuguese

forasteiro

forasteiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "outsider."

Practice

1 What does Außenseiter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er fühlte sich als ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Außenseiter?

nouncompound

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