Zugunruhe

German

Etymology

Zug (“migration”) +‎ Unruhe (“restlessness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtsuːkˌʔʊnʁuːə]
  • Hyphenation: Zug‧un‧ru‧he

Noun

Zugunruhe f (genitive Zugunruhe, no plural)

  1. (ornithology, zoology) zugunruhe (anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the migration period)

Declension

Declension of Zugunruhe [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Zugunruhe
genitive einer der Zugunruhe
dative einer der Zugunruhe
accusative eine die Zugunruhe

Descendants

  • → English: zugunruhe

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