Heimatvertriebener
German, noun[ˈhaɪ̯.ma(ː)t.fɐˌtʁiː.bə.nɐ]
Heimatvertriebener is spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-V-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-R (18 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimatvertriebener is a German masculine noun meaning “someone expelled from their homeland (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Heimatvertriebene. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Deutscher, der nach dem 2. Weltkrieg unter Zwang seine Heimat im Osten verlassen musste”.
What does Heimatvertriebener mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone expelled from their homeland (male or of unspecified gender)
- 2
masculinea German-speaker expelled from their homeland after World War II (from areas such as East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Sudetenland etc.)
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deutscher, der nach dem 2. Weltkrieg unter Zwang seine Heimat im Osten verlassen musste
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 Heimatvertriebener
- der Heimatvertriebene definite nominative
- Heimatvertriebenen genitive
- Heimatvertriebene plural
- die Heimatvertriebenen definite plural
- Heimatvertriebenem dative singular strong
- des Heimatvertriebenen genitive singular
- der Heimatvertriebenen genitive plural
- dem Heimatvertriebenen dative singular
- den Heimatvertriebenen dative plural
- ein Heimatvertriebener nominative singular
- keine Heimatvertriebenen nominative plural
- eines Heimatvertriebenen genitive singular
- keiner Heimatvertriebenen genitive plural
- einem Heimatvertriebenen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heimatvertriebener?
- [ˈhaɪ̯.ma(ː)t.fɐˌtʁiː.bə.nɐ]
- [-fɛɐ̯-]
- [ˈhaɪ̯matfɛɐ̯ˌtʁiːbənɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heimatvertriebener in German?
Heimatvertriebener appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).