Polyglot Dictionary

Emigration

/emiɡʁaˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Emigrationen

Meaning

  1. emigration

    • Die Emigration begann in den 1930er Jahren.

      Emigration began in the 1930s.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Auswanderung

Auswanderung is the native German word for emigration; Emigration is the more formal, Latinate synonym, often used in a political or historical context, like fleeing persecution.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

emigración

emigración is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "emigration."

French

émigration

émigration is the French word for the same thing — both mean "emigration."

Practice

1 What does Emigration mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ begann in den 1930er Jahren.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Emigration?

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