noun🔗ShareInformanten, ZuträgerOne who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer."The police relied on several informants to gather information about the drug trafficking operation. "Die Polizei verließ sich auf mehrere Informanten, um Informationen über die Drogenhandelsoperation zu sammeln.policegovernmentlawcommunicationinfoChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMuttersprachler, AuskunftspersonA native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information."For their research on the local dialect, the linguists relied heavily on several elderly informants from the village. "Für ihre Forschung über den lokalen Dialekt verließen sich die Linguisten stark auf mehrere ältere Muttersprachler aus dem Dorf.languagelinguisticseducationpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading