Flüchtling

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Etymology

From Flucht +‎ -ling or flüchten +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈflʏçtlɪŋ]
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Noun

Flüchtling m (genitive Flüchtlings, plural Flüchtlinge, feminine Flüchtlingin)

  1. fugitive (male or of unspecified sex)
  2. refugee (male or of unspecified sex)
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 35/2010, page 102:
      Es leben etwa 300 000 Bürger des ehemaligen Jugoslawien in der Schweiz, kaum ein Staat hat damals im Verhältnis zu seiner Einwohnerzahl so viele Flüchtlinge aufgenommen.
      There are about 300,000 citizens of the former Yugoslavia living in Switzerland, hardly any state took in so many refugees in relation to its population at that time.
  3. escapee (male or of unspecified sex)
    • Jüdiche-allgemeine 2017:
      "Legendärer Auschwitz-Flüchtling ist tot"
      Legendary Auschwitz escapee is dead

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