German word

Abschiebung

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈapʃiːbʊŋ/

Meaning

  • feminine noundeportation

Example

Die Abschiebung wurde gestern abgesagt.

The deportation was canceled yesterday.

Illustration for Abschiebung (deportation)

More examples

Journalisten berichteten über eine illegale Abschiebung an der Grenze.

The journalists reported on an illegal deportation at the border.

Core concept

A state-organized removal carries a person across the border to another country.

Common phrases

  • vor der Abschiebung schützen

    protect from deportation

  • illegale Abschiebung

    illegal deportation

  • eine Abschiebung stoppen

    stop a deportation

Similar words

Ausweisung: A formal decision or notice ordering someone to leave a country.
Rückführung: The organized return of a person to their home country or another country.
Deportation: The act of forcibly sending someone from a country to another country.

Definition in German

Abschiebung bezeichnet die zwangsweise Rückführung einer Person aus dem Hoheitsgebiet eines Staates.

Word origin

Abschiebung developed from abschieben, formed with ab- for movement away and schieben for pushing or moving, plus -ung.

Usage tips

  • The related verb abschieben is separable, so a finite clause can read: Behörden schieben ihn ab.

Other meanings

  • expulsionnoun
  • repatriationnoun

Opposites

  • Aufenthaltserlaubnisresidence permitnoun

Related words

  • Abschiebeverfahrendeportation proceedingsnoun
  • abgeschobendeportedadjective

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