migrate

migrate
intransitive verb
1) (from rural area to town) abwandern; (to another country) auswandern; (to another place of work) überwechseln
2) [Vogel:] fortziehen; [Fisch:] wandern

migrate to the south/sea — nach Süden ziehen/zum Meer wandern

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verb
1) ((of certain birds and animals) to travel from one region to another at certain times of the year: Many birds migrate in the early winter.) (fort-)ziehen
2) ((of people) to change one's home to another country or (regularly) from place to place: The Gothic peoples who overwhelmed the Roman Empire migrated from the East.) auswandern
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mi·grate
[maɪˈgreɪt, AM ˈmaɪgreɪt]
vi
1. (change habitat) wandern, umherziehen
to \migrate to the north/south birds nach Norden/Süden ziehen
2. (move) populations, customers abwandern; cells, chemicals gelangen (into in +akk)
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[maI'greɪt]
vi
(animals, workers) (ab)wandern; (birds) nach Süden ziehen; (fig townsfolk etc) ziehen

do these birds migrate? — sind das Zugvögel?

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migrate [maıˈɡreıt; US besonders ˈmaıˌɡ-] v/i
1. (ab-, aus)wandern, (auch ORN fort)ziehen:
migrate from the country to the town vom Land in die Stadt übersiedeln
2. (aus einer Gegend in eine andere) wandern
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intransitive verb
1) (from rural area to town) abwandern; (to another country) auswandern; (to another place of work) überwechseln
2) [Vogel:] fortziehen; [Fisch:] wandern

migrate to the south/sea — nach Süden ziehen/zum Meer wandern

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v.
wandern v.
übergehen v.
übersiedeln v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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