English

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.

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Völkerwanderung f ‎(genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)

1. (historical) Völkerwanderung

Declension