Definition/Meaning of wanderjahr

• English - Noun: wanderjahr ( plural wanderjahrs or wanderjahre ) A year-long period of travel; especially succeeding one’s education and prior unto seeking employment . ( historical ) A year spent by an apprentice travelling and honing his skills prior unto the professional practice of his trade .
• English - Etymology: From German Wanderjahr ( “ journeyman’s year ” ), from wandern ( “ wander , trek ” ) + Jahr ( “ year ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ˈvɑn.dəɹˌjɑː/
• English - Quotations: 1927 , Harold Speakman, Mostly Mississippi , page 271 “…In Europe , after college they have a Wanderjahr . Well , this is a Wanderjahr . It’s … wonderful!” 2003 , John Allen , Homelessness in American Literature: Romanticism , Realism and Testimony , page 3: [W]ith wandering blind Homers , peripatetic Cynics , homeless rhapsodists , drifting jongleurs , mendicant goliards , rhyming…