Völkerwanderung
English
Etymology
From German Völkerwanderung.
Noun
Völkerwanderung (plural Völkerwanderungen)
- 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.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 89:
Translations
mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfœlkɐˌvandəʁʊŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Völ‧ker‧wan‧de‧rung
Noun
Völkerwanderung f (genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)
- (historical) Migration Period (a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes)
Declension
Declension of Völkerwanderung [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Völkerwanderung | die | Völkerwanderungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Völkerwanderung | der | Völkerwanderungen |
| dative | einer | der | Völkerwanderung | den | Völkerwanderungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Völkerwanderung | die | Völkerwanderungen |
Derived terms
- Völkerwanderungszeit
Further reading
- “Völkerwanderung” in Duden online
- “Völkerwanderung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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