Alija
German, noun[aˈlija]
Alija is a German feminine noun meaning “aliyah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Rückkehr oder Emigration von Juden als Einzelne oder in Gruppen in das Gebiet von Israel/Palästina”.
What does Alija mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealiyah
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Rückkehr oder Emigration von Juden als Einzelne oder in Gruppen in das Gebiet von Israel/Palästina 2. kurz für Alijah laTorah; (Aufruf zur) Toralesung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Alija
- Alijot plural
- Aliya alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alija?
- [aˈlija]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alija
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alija in German?
Alija appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).