Vogelzug
German, noun[ˈfoːɡl̩ˌt͡suːk]
Vogelzug is spelled V-O-G-E-L-Z-U-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vogelzug is a German masculine noun meaning “bird migration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kollektive Bewegung gefiederter Tiere über größere Distanzen aus klimatischen Gründen”.
What does Vogelzug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebird migration
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kollektive Bewegung gefiederter Tiere über größere Distanzen aus klimatischen Gründen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Vogelzug
- Vogelzuges genitive
- Vogelzugs genitive
- Vogelzüge plural
- Vogelzuge dative singular
- Vogelzügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vogelzug?
- [ˈfoːɡl̩ˌt͡suːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vogelzug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vogelzug in German?
Vogelzug appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).