Ausland

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯slant/
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Noun

Ausland n (genitive Auslandes or Auslands, no plural)

  1. foreign countries (collectively)

Declension
Declension of Ausland (uncountable)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Ausland
genitive eines des Auslandes,
Auslands
dative einem dem Ausland,
Auslande1
accusative ein das Ausland
1Now uncommon, see notes

Antonyms

Further reading

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Proper noun

Ausland

  1. A surname​.
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