Sehnsucht
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sehnsucht, from sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈzeɪnˌzʊxt/
Noun
Sehnsucht (uncountable)
- (literary) Tender, wistful, and/or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.
German
FWOTD – 9 November 2012
Etymology
From sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/, [ˈzeːnˌzʊχt]
- Rhymes: -ʊχt
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Noun
Sehnsucht f (genitive Sehnsucht, plural Sehnsüchte)
- yearning, longing; pining
- 2000, Bible, Schlachter, published 2003, Psalm 119:20:
- Meine Seele verzehrt sich vor Sehnsucht nach deinen Bestimmungen allezeit.
- My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Synonyms: Nostalgie, Sehnen, Verlangen
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Declension
Declension of Sehnsucht
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Sehnsucht | die | Sehnsüchte |
genitive | einer | der | Sehnsucht | der | Sehnsüchte |
dative | einer | der | Sehnsucht | den | Sehnsüchten |
accusative | eine | die | Sehnsucht | die | Sehnsüchte |
Derived terms
- sehnsüchtig
- Sehnsuchtsort
- sehnsuchtsvoll
- Todessehnsucht
- Vatersehnsucht
Related terms
- sehnen
- sehnlich
See also
- Drang
- Heimweh
- Fernweh
Further reading
- Sehnsucht in Duden online