Zugvogel
German, noun
Zugvogel is spelled Z-U-G-V-O-G-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zugvogel is a German masculine noun meaning “migrant, migratory bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Zugvögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zugvogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel, der die kalte Jahreszeit in warmen, meist südlichen Regionen verbringt, in die er im Herbst zieht”.
What does Zugvogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemigrant, migratory bird
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zugvogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel, der die kalte Jahreszeit in warmen, meist südlichen Regionen verbringt, in die er im Herbst zieht
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 Zugvogel
- Zugvogels genitive
- Zugvögel plural
- Zugvögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Zugvogel in German?
Zugvogel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).