wander

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒndə/
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• General-American: /ˈwɑndɚ/
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• /ˈwʊndə/ West Midlands, especially Birmingham
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• /ˈwʌndə/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒndə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

255 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: скитане (skitane) — act or instance of wandering
• Czech: toulka — act or instance of wandering
• Esperanto: vago — act or instance of wandering
• Greek: τριγύρισμα (trigýrisma) — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: vándorlás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: barangolás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: kóborlás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: kószálás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: csatangolás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: bolyongás — act or instance of wandering
• Hungarian: bóklászás — act or instance of wandering
• Italian: vagabondaggio — act or instance of wandering
• Lithuanian: klajonė — act or instance of wandering
• Lithuanian: klajojimas — act or instance of wandering
• Polish: wędrówka — act or instance of wandering
• Polish: tułaczka — act or instance of wandering
• Portuguese: vagueação — act or instance of wandering
• Portuguese: perambulação — act or instance of wandering
• Russian: стра́нствие (stránstvije) — act or instance of wandering
• Welsh: crwydr — act or instance of wandering
• Arabic: تَجَوَّلَ (tajawwala) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Arabic: دار (dār) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Armenian: թափառել (tʻapʻaṙel) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Aromanian: alag — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Aromanian: cutriyir — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Belarusian: блука́ць (blukácʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Belarusian: блудзі́ць (bludzícʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: бро́дя (bródja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: лу́там се (lútam se) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: ски́там impf ски́там се (skítam) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: блуждая (bluždaja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: снова (snova) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: шляя се (šljaja se) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: миткам (mitkam) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Catalan: vagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Catalan: deambular — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Chichewa: kuyendayenda — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Chinese Mandarin: 漫步 (mànbù) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Chinese Mandarin: 徘徊 (páihuái) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Czech: toulat se — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Danish: strejfe — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Dutch: zwerven — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Dutch: rondtrekken — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Egyptian: S-mA-D54 (šmꜣ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Esperanto: vagi — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Finnish: vaeltaa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Finnish: vaellella — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Finnish: kierrellä — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Finnish: harhailla — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• French: errer — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• French: vaguer — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• French: divaguer — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Galician: vagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Galician: ruar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Georgian: ხეტიალი (xeṭiali) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Georgian: წანწალი (c̣anc̣ali) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: umherstreifen — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: umherstreichen — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: herumziehen — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: stromern — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: zigeunern — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: schlendern — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: bummeln — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• German: wandeln — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽 (ƕarbōn) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Greek: τριγυρίζω (trigyrízo) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Greek: τριγυρνώ (trigyrnó) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ancient Greek: περιφοιτάω (periphoitáō) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ancient Greek: πλανάομαι (planáomai) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ancient Greek: ῥέμβομαι (rhémbomai) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ancient Greek: περιέρρω (periérrhō) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hebrew: שׁוֹטֵט (shotét) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hebrew: תָּעָה (ta'á) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hindi: भटकना (bhaṭaknā) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hindi: घूमना (ghūmnā) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: vándorol — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: kóborol — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: kószál — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: barangol — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: csatangol — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: bolyong — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Hungarian: bóklászik — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ingrian: häylyä — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ingrian: häylää — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: errare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: vagare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: girovagare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: passeggiare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: bighellonare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Italian: vagabondare — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Japanese: ぶらつく (buratsuku) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Japanese: さ迷う (samayou) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Japanese: うろつく (urotsuku) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Kashmiri: پھیرُن (phērun) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Kashmiri: اورٕ یور پَکُن (ōrụ yōr pakun) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Kashmiri: اورٕ یور کَرُن) (ōrụ yōr karun) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Khmer: សាត់ (sat) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Korean: 돌아다니다 (doradanida) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Korean: 헤매다 (hemaeda) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Lao: ເລາະ (lǫ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Latin: vagor — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Latin: pālor — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Latin: errō — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Lithuanian: klajoti — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Macedonian: талка (talka) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Macedonian: скита (skita) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Macedonian: лута (luta) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: kaewa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: kāewaewa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: whakakaewa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: takiwhenua — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: ānau — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: tīpao — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: taiāmiki — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: tīhoihoi — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: kaea — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: whakatīhohe — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: kōpikopiko — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Māori: tiwhao — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Middle English: wandren — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Nepali: डुल्नु (ḍulnu) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Norman: èrrer — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Occitan: vagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Occitan: errar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Occitan: trevar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Old Church Slavonic: заблѫждати (zablǫždati) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Old English: scrīþan — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Persian: پرسه زدن (porse zadan) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Polish: włóczyć się — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Polish: błąkać się — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Polish: tułać się — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Portuguese: vagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Portuguese: perambular — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Portuguese: vadiar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Romanian: umbla — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Romanian: plimba — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Romanian: colinda — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Romanian: cutreiera — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: броди́ть (brodítʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: слоня́ться (slonjátʹsja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: блужда́ть (bluždátʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: шата́ться (šatátʹsja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: шляться (šljatʹsja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: скита́ться (skitátʹsja) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: блука́ть (blukátʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Russian: плута́ть (plutátʹ) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Sanskrit: वञ्चति (vañcati) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: лу́тати — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: одлу́тати — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: блудити — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: lútati — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: odlútati — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Serbo-Croatian: bluditi — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Slovak: túlať sa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: vagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: divagar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: errar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: deambular — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: yirar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: tunar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: veletear — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: ruar — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: barloventear — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: cancanear — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Spanish: melengüelear — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Swedish: vanka — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Swedish: vandra — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Tamil: அலை (alai) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Tamil: திரி (tiri) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Thai: ท่องเที่ยว (tɔ̂ng-tîao) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Turkish: gezinmek — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ottoman Turkish: گزمك (gezmek) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: мандрува́ти (mandruváty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: блука́ти (blukáty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: плута́ти (plutáty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: броди́ти (brodýty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: ника́ти (nykáty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Ukrainian: шве́ндяти (švéndjaty) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Urdu: گھومنا (ghūmnā) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Urdu: پھرنا (phirnā) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Urdu: بھٹَکنا (bhaṭaknā) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Vietnamese: lang thang — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Welsh: crwydro — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Yao (Africa): kwendajenda — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Yao (Africa): kulaŵalaŵa — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Yiddish: וואַנדערן (vandern) — to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood
• Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Bulgarian: обърквам пътя (obǎrkvam pǎtja) — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Danish: strejfe — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Finnish: harhautua — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Finnish: eksyä — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Finnish: ajautua sivuun — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Hebrew: תָּעָה (ta'á) — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Hungarian: elkalandozik — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Hungarian: eltér — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Hungarian: letér — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Italian: allontanarsi — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Italian: svicolare — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Italian: perdersi — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Spanish: desviarse — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Spanish: descarriarse — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Swedish: irra — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Turkish: şaşmak — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Old Anatolian Turkish: آزمق (azmaq) — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Ottoman Turkish: آزمق (azmak) — to stray; stray from one's course; err
• Bulgarian: изневерявам (izneverjavam) — to commit adultery
• Czech: zahnout — to commit adultery
• Dutch: vreemdgaan — to commit adultery
• Finnish: pettää — to commit adultery
• Finnish: käydä vieraissa — to commit adultery
• Finnish: tehdä aviorikos — to commit adultery
• Finnish: olla uskoton — to commit adultery
• Finnish: tehdä huorin — to commit adultery
• Hungarian: megcsal — to commit adultery
• Hungarian: félrelép — to commit adultery
• Italian: tradire — to commit adultery
• Māori: moe tāhae — to commit adultery
• Māori: pūremu — to commit adultery
• Spanish: engañar — to commit adultery
• Spanish: aventurar — to commit adultery
• Bulgarian: бродя (brodja) — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Dutch: dolen — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Finnish: kierrellä — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Finnish: kaarrella — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Finnish: kiertää — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Finnish: vaeltaa — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• German: umherschweifen — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Hungarian: kanyarog — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Hungarian: kígyózik — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Hungarian: kacskaringózik — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Italian: vagare — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Italian: serpeggiare — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Japanese: 迷う (mayou) — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Middle English: wandren — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Old English: scrīþan — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Spanish: peregrinar — to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path
• Bulgarian: разсейвам се (razsejvam se) — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Bulgarian: разсея се (razseja se) — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Czech: toulat se — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Dutch: afdwalen — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Finnish: harhailla — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• German: abschweifen — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: elkalandozik — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: elábrándozik — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: ábrándozik — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: álmodozik — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: elméláz — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Hungarian: (to rave, be delirious) félrebeszél — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Italian: divagare — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Japanese: 横道にそれる (yokomichi ni soreru) — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Middle English: wandren — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Spanish: divagar — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Spanish: pajarear — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Spanish: pajaronear — of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūo — wander freely in groups