German

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Noun

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Zugereister m (adjectival, definite nominative der Zugereiste, genitive (des) Zugereisten, plural Zugereiste, definite plural die Zugereisten, feminine Zugereiste)

  1. (literally) someone who has traveled here [and stayed]
  2. someone who has moved to a different region and settled there for good, and who speaks German as their first language, but is recognized in the new region by their accent and regarded as "not one of us"

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The term is mainly used in rural areas.

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