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German word
Vertriebene
Pronunciation
IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁiːbənə/
Meaning
- noun (m./f.)displaced people
Example
Nach dem Krieg suchten viele Vertriebene eine neue Heimat.
After the war, many displaced people sought a new home.
More examples
Die Stadt organisierte Notunterkünfte für die Vertriebenen.
The city arranged emergency shelters for the displaced people.
Core concept
People arriving in a new town with their former homes behind them and no choice about leaving.
Common phrases
die Vertriebenen aufnehmen
take in the displaced people
Unterkünfte für Vertriebene
accommodation for displaced people
Similar words
Flüchtling: A person who crosses a border to escape persecution or threats to life.
Geflüchtete: People fleeing war or persecution while seeking safety and protection.
Heimatvertriebene: People forced to leave their homeland by political change or new borders.
Migrant: A person who moves elsewhere by choice for work or a better life.
Definition in German
Jemand, der durch Vertreibung seine Heimat oder Wohnung verloren hat.
Word origin
The verb vertreiben combines with treiben, related to English drive, and its past participle vertrieben became a noun for people driven away from their homes.
Usage tips
- The singular changes with grammatical gender: der Vertriebene is masculine and die Vertriebene is feminine, while die Vertriebenen is the definite plural.
Other meanings
- expelleesnoun
Opposites
- Einheimischelocalsnoun
- Ansässigeresidentsnoun
Related words
- Vertreibungexpulsionnoun
- vertreibenexpelverb
- vertriebendisplacedadjective