Wirtschaftsflüchtling
German, noun[ˈvɪʁtʃaft͡sˌflʏçtlɪŋ]
Wirtschaftsflüchtling is spelled W-I-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G (21 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirtschaftsflüchtling is a German masculine noun meaning “economic refugee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die ihre Heimat verlässt, um ihre wirtschaftliche Lage in einem anderen Land zu verbessern”.
What does Wirtschaftsflüchtling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeconomic refugee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die ihre Heimat verlässt, um ihre wirtschaftliche Lage in einem anderen Land zu verbessern
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 Wirtschaftsflüchtling
- Wirtschaftsflüchtlings genitive
- Wirtschaftsflüchtlinge plural
- Wirtschaftsflüchtlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirtschaftsflüchtling?
- [ˈvɪʁtʃaft͡sˌflʏçtlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wirtschaftsflüchtling in German?
Wirtschaftsflüchtling appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).