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English
Etymology
From German Völkerwanderung.
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Noun
Völkerwanderung (plural Völkerwanderungen)
- 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.
Translations
mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
German
Etymology
Volk (“people”) + -er + Wanderung (“migration”), late 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfœlkɐˌvandəʁʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: Völ‧ker‧wan‧de‧rung
Noun
Völkerwanderung f (genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Völkerwanderung
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