Remigration

See also: remigration

German

Etymology

From Latin remigrāre, present active infinitive of remigrō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁemiɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Remigration f (genitive Remigration, plural Remigrationen)

  1. remigration; voluntary return to the country of origin
    Synonym: Rückwanderung
  2. (euphemistic) the forcible expulsion of (certain groups of) migrants (and sometimes citizens)
    Synonyms: Abschiebung, Deportation
    • 2024 February 1, Esther Geißlinger, “Fachleute über Erinnerungskultur: „Wir müssen Erinnern global denken“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[1], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 January 2025:
      Für große Teile der Mehrheitsgesellschaft scheint das Treffen in Potsdam von AfD-Funktionären mit Rechtsextremen, bei dem über die „Remigration“ großer Bevölkerungsgruppen gesprochen wurde, ein Weckruf gewesen zu sein.
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Usage notes

  • The term Remigration has been re-appropriated by European far-right groups as a euphemism for their mass deportation proposals. Because of this, in contemporary conversations, the original meaning of voluntary return might not be understood.

Declension

Declension of Remigration [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Remigration die Remigrationen
genitive einer der Remigration der Remigrationen
dative einer der Remigration den Remigrationen
accusative eine die Remigration die Remigrationen

See also

  • Appendix:GfdS words of the year#2023

Further reading

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