Vertreibung
German, noun/fɛʁˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/
Vertreibung is spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertreibung is a German feminine noun meaning “expulsion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßnahme, um jemanden oder etwas zu zwingen, einen Ort zu verlassen”.
What does Vertreibung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpulsion
- 2
feminineeviction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßnahme, um jemanden oder etwas zu zwingen, einen Ort zu verlassen
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 Vertreibung
- Vertreibungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vertreibung?
- /fɛʁˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vertreibung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vertreibung in German?
Vertreibung appears 3.9 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).