noun
foreigner, immigrant
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Ausländer: noun meaning 'foreigner' or 'immigrant'. Specialty: masculine (der Ausländer) with regular plural Ausländer; genitive singular des Ausländers. Refers to people from other countries; register matters—neutral in legal contexts but can be pejorative colloquially. Declines regularly as shown in declension tables.
Examples
Viele Ausländer leben in Deutschland.
Many foreigners live in Germany.
Die Gemeinde organisiert Kurse für Ausländer.
The community organizes courses for immigrants.
Die Gemeinde bot den Ausländern Sprachkurse an, damit sie sich besser integrieren könnten, obwohl das Budget knapp war.
The municipality offered language courses to the foreigners so that they could integrate better, although the budget was tight.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a person arriving from another country with a tag 'Ausländer'.
think 'out-lander' — someone from another land.
Der Ausländer — many agent nouns ending in -er are masculine; use that pattern to remember.
Notes
Neutral/older usage: 'Ausländer' can be neutral but context and tone matter; 'ausländische Staatsangehörige' is a more formal phrase.