Exilliteratur
German, noun/ɛˈksiːl.lɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
Exilliteratur is spelled E-X-I-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exilliteratur is a German feminine noun meaning “exile literature (literary works of the authors who were forced to go into exile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “literarische Produktion der Autoren, die sich gezwungen sahen, ins Exil zu gehen”.
What does Exilliteratur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexile literature (literary works of the authors who were forced to go into exile)
- 2
feminineExilliteratur (the name for works of German literature written in the German diaspora by refugee authors who fled from Nazi Germany, Nazi Austria, and the occupied territories between 1933 and 1945)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. literarische Produktion der Autoren, die sich gezwungen sahen, ins Exil zu gehen
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 Exilliteratur
- Exilliteraturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Exilliteratur?
- /ɛˈksiːl.lɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
- [ɛˈksiːllɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Exilliteratur in German?
Exilliteratur appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).