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world trip
A long and extensive trip that goes across several continents and often has the goal of circling the earth once.
Nach dem Universitätsabschluss erfüllten sie sich den Traum von einer einjährigen Weltreise.
After graduating from university, they fulfilled their dream of a year-long world trip.
The word is built very logically and consists of 'die Welt' (the world) and 'die Reise' (the trip/journey). So it literally describes a trip around the world.
Eine Reise um die ganze Welt ist ein großer Traum für viele Menschen.
A trip around the whole world is a big dream for many people.
With 'Weltreise' (world trip), the verbs 'machen' (to make/do), 'planen' (to plan), or 'antreten' (to begin/set out on) are often used. You can also say that you 'auf Weltreise geht' (go on a world trip).
Nächstes Jahr wollen wir endlich unsere geplante Weltreise machen.
Next year we finally want to take our planned world trip.
When someone is currently taking a world trip or is beginning one, the preposition 'auf' is often used. The fixed expressions are 'auf Weltreise sein' (to be on a world trip) or 'auf Weltreise gehen' (to go on a world trip).
Meine Cousine ist gerade für ein Jahr auf Weltreise in Asien.
My cousin is currently on a world trip in Asia for a year.
round trip
'die Weltreise' and 'die Rundreise' are both trips with several stops. The most important difference is the scale and the destination of the trip. A 'Weltreise' goes across several continents and often all the way around the earth. A 'Rundreise' can be much smaller, for example through a country or region, and ends back at the starting point. The words can be confused because both sound like a big trip with many places. As a practical rule: for the whole world, you say 'Weltreise'; for a planned route with several stops, you say 'Rundreise'.
Mina plant eine Weltreise und möchte zuerst nach Südamerika fliegen.
Mina is planning a world trip and wants to fly to South America first.
Am Montag bucht meine Mutter eine Rundreise durch Italien.
On Monday, my mother books a round trip through Italy.