Volkswanderungn.
/ˈfɒlksˌvɑːndərʊŋ/, /ˈfɒlksˌvandərʊŋ/, /ˈvɒlksˌvɑːndərʊŋ/, /ˈvɒlksˌvandərʊŋ/, /ˈvəʊksˌvɑːndərʊŋ/, /ˈvəʊksˌvandərʊŋ/, U.S. /ˈvoʊ(l)ksˌvɑndəˌrʊŋ/, /ˈfoʊ(l)ksˌvɑndəˌrʊŋ/, /ˈfɔlksˌvɑndəˌrʊŋ/, /ˈvɔlksˌvɑndəˌrʊŋ/ The period of migrations by Germanic and other peoples (e.g. the Goths, Vandals, and early Slavic peoples) within or into Europe from approximately the 4th to the 6th centuries a.d.; (hence in extended use) a mass migration of people; = Völkerwanderung n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [noun] > en masse
great migration1838
folk wave1880
Völkerwanderung1934
1855 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 9 Jan. (1954) II. 190 The subject I now propose is ‘Woman in Germany’..through the periods of the Volkswanderung and the romantic..life of the Middle Ages up to our own day.
1928 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 39 67 Between these two waves of northern Volkswanderung the culture of the Greek mainland seems to have developed without any marked break or sudden general change at any point.
2017 R. Drews Militarism & Indo-Europeanizing of Europe i. 4 Each of them made a very long trek—a Volkswanderung—from its original home to the land where the subgroup was located in historical times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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Volkswanderung
Volkswanderung n. /ˈfɔlksvandəruŋ/ = Völkerwanderung n.
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1855 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 9 Jan. (1954) II. 190 The subject I now propose is ‘Women in Germany’..through the periods of the Volkswanderung and the romantic..life of the Middle Ages up to our own day.
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