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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exilium.
Pronunciation
Noun
Exil n (strong, genitive Exils, plural Exile)
- exile (the state of being banished from one's home or country)
2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, →ISBN, page 93:Es war daher aus Sicht der SED-Ideologen nur konsequent, dass sich Bertolt Brecht nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem amerikanischen Exil nicht in der Bundesrepublik, sondern in der DDR, dem „besseren“ Deutschland, niederließ.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Exil” in Duden online
- “Exil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache