Where does “Ausländerbehörde” come from?

Ausländerbehörde (German) comes from German Ausländer, from Middle High German ūzlender, from Middle High German ūzlant — outlying fields.

Ausländerbehörde (German): foreigners' registration office

Definitions

  1. foreigners' registration office

Ancestry of “Ausländerbehörde”, step by step

Ausländerbehörde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ausländer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusländerforeigner; foreign national, regardless of...
2Middle High Germanūzlender—
3Middle High Germanūzlantoutlying fields

via German Behörde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehördeauthority
2German Low Germanbehörento belong
Every word from Middle High German ūzlant →Every word from Middle High German ūzlender →Every word from German Ausländer →