Wanderjahr
noun
a year or period of travel, especially following one's schooling and before practicing a profession.
Wanderjahre
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pluralof Wanderjahr.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many early pages chronicle the poet’s youthful Wanderjahre in Europe, but almost nothing is said about his 25 years as a Harvard professor of European languages and literatures.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
In Germany, the still extant Wanderjahre tradition sees young people wander the country for a fixed period, dressed in stovepipe hats and bell-bottoms, singing for their sausage suppers in inns and bars.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2017
Many students will therefore treat themselves to Wanderjahre, living frugaily on handouts from home or picking up odd jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The circus held him for only half a year; then his Wanderjahre began for fair.
From Time Magazine Archive
The records of pedestrian journeys, the Wanderjahre and memoirs of good-for-noth-ings, and all the delightful German forest literature,—these belong to the footpath side of our nature.
From Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
