Völkerwanderung

English

Etymology

From German Völkerwanderung.

Noun

Völkerwanderung (plural Völkerwanderungen)

1. Migration Period
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 歐洲民族大遷徙／欧洲民族大迁徙, ^{(please verify)} 欧洲民族大迁徙 (Ōuzhōu mínzú dàqiānxǐ), ^{(please verify)} 民族大遷徙時期／民族大迁徙时期, ^{(please verify)} 民族大迁徙时期 (mínzú dàqiānxǐ shíqī)

• Finnish: kansainvaellus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Völkerwanderung (de) f
• Turkish: Kavimler Göçü

---

German

Etymology

Volk (“people”) +‎ Wanderung (“migration”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfœlkɐˌvandəʁʊŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Völ‧ker‧wan‧de‧rung

Noun

Völkerwanderung f (genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)

1. (history) Völkerwanderung

Derived terms

• Völkerwanderungszeit

Further reading

• “Völkerwanderung” in Duden online