Exil

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German

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exilium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈksiːl/
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Noun

Exil n (strong, genitive Exils, plural Exile)

  1. exile (the state of being banished from one's home or country)
    • 2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, →ISBN, page 93:
      Es war daher aus Sicht der SED-Ideologen nur konsequent, dass sich Bertolt Brecht nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem amerikanischen Exil nicht in der Bundesrepublik, sondern in der DDR, dem „besseren“ Deutschland, niederließ.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Exil” in Duden online
  • Exil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache