Polyglot Dictionary

Vertreibung

/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/

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 Vertreibungen

Meaning

  1. expulsion

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ausweisung

Ausweisung is a formal, legal expulsion or deportation of a person, typically by immigration authorities; Vertreibung is a broader, often forceful and historical expulsion of a whole group of people.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

expulsión

expulsión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "expulsion."

Portuguese

expulsão

expulsão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "expulsion."

Practice

1 What does Vertreibung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Bevölkerung war grausam.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vertreibung?

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