Remigration
See also: remigration
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁemiɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn/
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Noun
Remigration f (genitive Remigration, plural Remigrationen)
- remigration; voluntary return to the country of origin
- Synonym: Rückwanderung
- (euphemistic) the forcible expulsion of millions of migrants and citizens who are not ethnically European
- Synonyms: Abschiebung, Deportation
- 2024 February 1, Esther Geißlinger, “Fachleute über Erinnerungskultur: „Wir müssen Erinnern global denken“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Für große Teile der Mehrheitsgesellschaft scheint das Treffen in Potsdam von AfD-Funktionären mit Rechtsextremen, bei dem über die „Remigration“ großer Bevölkerungsgruppen gesprochen wurde, ein Weckruf gewesen zu sein.
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Usage notes
The term Remigration has been re-appropriated by European far-right groups as a euphemism for their mass deportation proposals. Because of this, in contemporary conversations, the original meaning of voluntary return might not be understood.
Declension
Declension of Remigration [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Remigration | die | Remigrationen |
| genitive | einer | der | Remigration | der | Remigrationen |
| dative | einer | der | Remigration | den | Remigrationen |
| accusative | eine | die | Remigration | die | Remigrationen |
See also
- Appendix:GfdS words of the year#2023
Further reading
- “Remigration” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Remigration” in Duden online
- “Remigration” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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