Auslandsgeheimdienst
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯slant͡sɡəˌhaɪ̯mdiːnst/
Auslandsgeheimdienst is spelled A-U-S-L-A-N-D-S-G-E-H-E-I-M-D-I-E-N-S-T (20 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auslandsgeheimdienst is a German masculine noun meaning “foreign intelligence service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geheimdienst, der außerhalb des eigenen Landes Informationen sammelt und auswertet”.
What does Auslandsgeheimdienst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforeign intelligence service
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geheimdienst, der außerhalb des eigenen Landes Informationen sammelt und auswertet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Auslandsgeheimdienst
- Auslandsgeheimdienstes genitive
- Auslandsgeheimdienste plural
- Auslandsgeheimdiensten dative definite plural
- Auslandgeheimdienst alternative
- Auslandsgeheimdiensts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auslandsgeheimdienst?
- /ˈaʊ̯slant͡sɡəˌhaɪ̯mdiːnst/
- [ˈaʊ̯slant͡sɡəˌhaɪ̯mdiːnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Auslandsgeheimdienst in German?
Auslandsgeheimdienst appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).