Etymology

zugunruhe

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Today it means: Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period. Full definition →

German Zugunruhe
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  1. German · borrowed fromZugunruhe
  2. English todayzugunruhe

Borrowed from German Zugunruhe, from Zug (“move, migration”) and Unruhe (“anxiety, restlessness”).

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