wander

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
2. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
3. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
4. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.

Noun

1. (countable) An act or instance of wandering.
2. (uncountable) Deviation from a correct or normal value.

Concepten

zwerven

dolen

dwalen

rondtrekken

waren

ronddolen

ronddwalen

rondreizen

trekken

afdwalen

wandelen

slenteren

bewandelen

afwijken

omzwerven

🧭

vagebonderen

zwerftocht

rondzwerven

afwijken

vreemdgaan

Synoniemen

roam

rove

stray

ramble

drift

stroll

loiter

travel

walk

🚶

tramp

meander

range

gad

move around

swan

🦢

saunter

walk about

prowl

survive

float

tour

journey

hang around

go about

vagabond

live

digress

wander about

roam about

cuckold

homeless

betray

wind

move about

cheat

nomadic

divagate

walk around

go

cast

hike

deflect

fool around

thread

🧵

flow

roll

knock about

err

cheat on

promenade

Vertalingen

errer

vagar

vagabondare

vagare

wandern

errare

vaguer

vagar

⌚

vagar

vagabundear

errar

vagabonder

umherstreifen

umherschweifen

errar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɒndə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wandren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wandrian

Verwant aan Schots: wander

Verwant aan Duits: wandern

Verwant aan Nederlands: wandelen

Verwant aan Deens: vandre

Verwant aan Zweeds: vandra

In summary

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).