Meanings
plural Völkerwanderungen
- Migration Period
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, published 2012, page 89Synonyms: Barbarian Invasions
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMigration Period
Origin
- GermanVölkerwanderung
- GermanVölkerwanderung
- EnglishVölkerwanderung
Borrowed from German Völkerwanderung.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 歐洲民族大遷徙 /欧洲民族大迁徙, 民族大遷徙時期 /民族大迁徙时期
- 歐洲民族大遷徙 /欧洲民族大迁徙 (Ōuzhōu mínzú dàqiānxǐ)mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
- 民族大遷徙時期 /民族大迁徙时期 (mínzú dàqiānxǐ shíqī)mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
Finnish kansainvaellus
- kansainvaellusmass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
German Völkerwanderung
- Völkerwanderungmass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
Turkish Kavimler Göçü
- Kavimler Göçümass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
Ukrainian Велике переселення народів
- Велике переселення народів (Velyke pereselennja narodiv)mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages
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Völkerwanderung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/V%C3%B6lkerwanderung
“Völkerwanderung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/V%C3%B6lkerwanderung. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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