Phrase guide

Bangemann wave

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A former method of simplified border control for citizens of the European Communities (and the European Union) at the external frontiers of the Schengen Area (i.e. the borders of the United Kingdom and Ireland), implemented in 1993, which consists of passengers presenting, or waving, their unopened passports or national identity cards to authorities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Suggested by Martin Bangemann (1934–2022), German politician and Commissioner for the Internal Market and Industrial Affairs in the European Commission (1989–1995), in 1992.