Polyglot Dictionary

Ausländer

/ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Ausländer

Meaning

  1. foreigner

    • Als Ausländer braucht man ein Visum.

      As a foreigner you need a visa.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Außenseiter

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

extranjero

extranjero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "foreigner."

Practice

1 What does Ausländer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Als ___ braucht man ein Visum.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ausländer?

noun

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