What is the German translation for 'exchange student'?

• A. Prüfungen
• B. Austauschstudent(in)
• C. Fernstudium
• D. Hochschulabsolvent(in)

Answer: (B)

Understanding how German nouns combine helps here. An exchange student is someone who participates in a program to study in another country for a period. In German, student is a noun written as Student (masculine) or Studentin (feminine). To express the idea of studying through an exchange, you use the prefix Aust­ausch and attach it to Student, giving Austaus chstudent or, in gender-inclusive form, Austauchstuden(t(in)). The common gender-inclusive written form is Austauschstudent(in). So the best translation is Austauschstudent(in). The other options refer to different concepts: Prüfungen means exams, Fernstudium means distance learning, and Hochschulabsolvent(in) means university graduate.