Asylant

German

Etymology

From the 1960s, Asyl (“asylum”) +‎ -ant (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /azyˈlant/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Asy‧lant
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Asylant m (weak, genitive Asylanten, plural Asylanten, feminine Asylantin)

1. (sometimes derogatory) asylum seeker (a person seeking (political) asylum of male or unspecified sex)

   Synonym: Asylbewerber

Declension

Declension of Asylant [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Asylant	die	Asylanten
genitive	eines	des	Asylanten	der	Asylanten
dative	einem	dem	Asylanten	den	Asylanten
accusative	einen	den	Asylanten	die	Asylanten

Derived terms

• Asylantenheim
• Asylantenwohnheim
• Asylantenpack
• Scheinasylant

Further reading

• “Asylant” in Duden online
• “Asylant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache