foreigner

a person who comes from or belongs to a different country or an outsider to a specific community or group, which emphasizes non-citizenship or not being native to the jurisdiction under consideration
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Summary

foreigner is a demographic category[1]. foreigner draws 1,959 Wikipedia views per month (demographic category category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: role[3], legal status[4]
  • Said to be the same as: allochtoon[5]
  • Opposite of: citizen[6]
  • Facet of: foreign national[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[13]
  • Female form of label: Auslännerin[14], estranxeira[15], peregrina[16]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q22828644[17]
  • Male form of label: Auslänner[18], estranxeiro[19], peregrinus[20]

Body

Influence

Things named for foreigner include Germany[21], a sovereign state[22], in Germany[23], founded in 1949[24]; Foreign Legion[25], a major military unit[26], in France[27], founded in 1831[28], headquartered in Aubagne[29]; euxenite-(Y)[30], a mineral species[31]; and xenophyllite[32], a mineral species[33].

Why It Matters

foreigner has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] foreigner is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for foreigner include Germany[21], a sovereign state[22], in Germany[23], founded in 1949[24]; Foreign Legion[25], a major military unit[26], in France[27], founded in 1831[28], headquartered in Aubagne[29]; euxenite-(Y)[30], a mineral species[31]; and xenophyllite[32], a mineral species[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · HumanDataManager · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: human"
  2. 5d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 60
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX4576359
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'ca', 'cdo', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX4576359"
  3. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Auslänner'}, {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'estranxeiro'}, {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'peregrinus'}
    Harper's tag → strangers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: strangers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958435|strangers (#289958435)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 4w ago · VGPaleontologist · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Auslännerin'}, {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'estranxeira'}, {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'peregrina'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: peregrina"
  5. 6w ago · Kordishal · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ehlfl id → Ausländer
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 1235
    Wikidata description → a person who comes from or belongs to a different country or an outsider to a sp
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ehlfl id: Ausländer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102006792|Ausländer (#102006792)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3981|Historisches Lexiko"
  6. 16w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → foreign national
    Svkkl authority id → 0269647-cizinky, h0009231-cizinci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Facet of: foreign national, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  7. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0269647-cizinky, h0009231-cizinci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0269647-cizinky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  8. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 6456, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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