Polyglot Dictionary

Abschiebung

/ˈapˌʃiːbʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Abschiebungen

Meaning

  1. deportation

    • Die Abschiebung wurde gestoppt.

      The deportation was stopped.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Exil

Close — both involve forced removal from a country, though Abschiebung is a legal deportation and Exil is a political exile.

Similar in other languages

English

exile

Close — deportation and exile both involve forced removal from a country.

Practice

1 What does Abschiebung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ wurde gestoppt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Abschiebung?

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