Polyglot Dictionary

Exil

/ɛˈksiːl/

das 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 Exile

Meaning

  1. exile

    • Er lebte lange im Exil.

      He lived in exile for a long time.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Abschiebung

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

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

exílio

exílio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "exile."

Practice

1 What does Exil mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er lebte lange im ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Exil?

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