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/

• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Ausland n (strong, genitive Auslandes or Auslands, no plural)

1. foreign countries (collectively)

   Antonym: Inland

Declension

Declension of Ausland [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ausland
genitive	eines	des	Auslandes, Auslands
dative	einem	dem	Ausland, Auslande1
accusative	ein	das	Ausland

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Ausland” in Duden online
• “Ausland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ausland

1. a surname