Wanderjahr

Quick meaning: Wanderjahr is a noun meaning A year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.

Meaning

A year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A year spent by an apprentice travelling and honing skills prior to the professional practice of a trade.

Example Sentences

And these Wanderjahre, and combats with the Beast, are the story-teller's version of the incest taboo; whereby a man must first prove ‘fitness’ and then much ‘marry far’.

Once he has assembled his characters in the lively youth resort of Torremolinos, Michener packs them into a Volkswagen bus and sends them on their Wanderjahr through some pretty interesting places.

When she initially conceived of the “52 Places” job and worked with video, interactives, and masthead editors to develop its duties, Ms. Drake thought of it as a sort of “grown-up gap year,” a reflection of the growing popularity, over the last few decades, of Wanderjahr-like jaunts.

Word Forms

• wanderjahrs
• wanderjahre

Synonyms for wanderjahr

Depending on context, synonyms include wanderyear.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wanderluster, wanderer, wanderess, inwanderer, itinerant, varier.

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