Zugunruhe

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German

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Etymology

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Zug (migration) +‎ Unruhe (restlessness).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtsuːkˌʔʊnʁuːə]
  • Hyphenation: Zug‧un‧ru‧he

Noun

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Zugunruhe f (genitive Zugunruhe, no plural)

  1. (ornithology, zoology) zugunruhe (anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the migration period)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: zugunruhe

Further reading

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