Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

völkerwanderung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: volk-er-wan-derung
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Migration Period

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Völkerwanderung.

Inflected Forms

Völkerwanderungen (plural)

Synonyms

Barbarian Invasions

Questions

What does völkerwanderung mean?: Migration Period
Where does völkerwanderung come from?: Borrowed from German Völkerwanderung.

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