Völkerwanderung

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English

Etymology

From German Völkerwanderung.

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Noun

Völkerwanderung (plural Völkerwanderungen)

  1. Migration Period
    Synonym: Barbarian Invasions
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 89:
      Viewed from the cliff top of ‘today’, the cliff foot becomes ‘yesterday’, the advancing lines of sea horses the centuries of history, and the far shore, barely visible, the Age of the Völkerwanderung.

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German

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Etymology

Volk (people) +‎ -er +‎ Wanderung (migration), late 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfœlkɐˌvandəʁʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Völ‧ker‧wan‧de‧rung

Noun

Völkerwanderung f (genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)

  1. (history, with definite article) Migration Period
    • c. 1790, Friedrich Schiller, Ueber Völkerwanderung, Kreuzzüge und Mittelalter [On the Barbarian Invasions, Crusaders and Middle Ages]‎:
      Die großen Epochen in der Geschichte verknüpfen sich zu genau mit einander, als daß die eine ohne die andre erklärt werden könnte; und die Begebenheit der Kreuzzüge ist nur der Anfang zur Auflösung eines Räthsels, das dem Philosophen der Geschichte in der Völkerwanderung aufgegeben worden.
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  2. (by extension, colloquial) any movement of people
    • 2020 September 12, Malte Göbel, “Sommer vorm Balkon: Viel mehr als bloß Bäume”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      „Schon im Frühling gab es buchstäblich Völkerwanderungen in die Berliner Wälder“, erzählt Marc Franusch.
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