German word

abschieben

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈapˌʃiːbən/

Meaning

  • verbdeport

Example

Die Polizei schiebt den Mann ab.

The police are deporting the man.

Illustration for abschieben (deport)

More examples

Das Abschiebeverfahren kann Monate dauern, bevor die Behörden jemanden abschieben.

The deportation proceedings may take months before the authorities deport someone.

Core concept

A person or problem is pushed out of the space where it belongs, across a border, away from attention, or onto someone else.

Common phrases

  • jemanden illegal abschieben

    illegally deport someone

  • aus dem Land abschieben

    deport ___ from the country

  • in die Heimat abschieben

    deport ___ to their homeland

Similar words

deportieren: To deport a foreigner through a formal legal procedure.
ausweisen: To order a foreigner to leave the country as an administrative measure.
ausschaffen: To remove a foreigner from the country for crime or illegal residence.
wegschicken: To tell or order someone to leave a place and go away.

Definition in German

jemanden staatlich gegen seinen Willen in sein Herkunftsland zurückschicken

Word origin

German abschieben combines the separable prefix ab-, meaning away or off, with schieben, meaning to push, and extends physical pushing to removal and displacement.

Usage tips

  • In main clauses, abschieben is separable, so the finite verb appears apart from ab; its past participle is abgeschoben.

Other meanings

  • expelverb
  • push asideverb

Opposites

Related words

  • Abschiebungdeportationnoun
  • Abschiebeverfahrendeportation proceedingsnoun

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