Wandervogel
German, noun
Wandervogel is spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-V-O-G-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wandervogel is a German masculine noun meaning “migratory bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Wandervögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Wandervogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die gerne wandert”.
What does Wandervogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinemigratory bird
- 2
masculinemember of the Wandervogelbewegung
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Wandervogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Biologie, veraltet: Vogel, der die kalte Jahreszeit in warmen, meist südlichen Regionen verbringt, in die er im Herbst zieht 2. Person, die gerne wandert 3. ohne Plural: „1896 gegründeter, 1933 aufgelöster deutscher Jugendbund“ 4. Person, die sich im deutschen Jugendbund Wandervogel engagiert
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 Wandervogel
- Wandervogels genitive
- Wandervögel plural
- Wandervögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Wandervogel in German?
Wandervogel appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).