Asyl
German, noun[aˈzyːl]
Asyl is spelled A-S-Y-L (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asyl is a German neuter noun meaning “asylum (shelter, refuge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterkunft für Personen ohne eigene Wohnung”.
What does Asyl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterasylum (shelter, refuge)
- 2
neuterpolitical asylum, right of asylum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unterkunft für Personen ohne eigene Wohnung 2. Ort oder Gebäude, wo Schutz gegen Verfolgung, Rache, Abschiebung oder Ähnliches gewährt wird 3. Schutz (insbesondere vor politischer Verfolgung), der an einem bestimmten Ort oder in einem bestimmten Gebiet gewährt wird, indem die verfolgte Person sich dort aufhalten darf
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 Asyl
- Asyls genitive
- Asyle plural
- Asylen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Asyl?
- [aˈzyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Asyl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Asyl in German?
Asyl appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).