Sehnsucht
English
/ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/, /ˈzeɪnˌzʊxt/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) Tender, wistful, and/or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Sehnsucht (longing, yearning).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Sehnsucht
Gloss
longing, yearning
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
懐, 憬
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sehnsucht German
- Sucht German
- Todessehnsucht German
- sehnen German
- sehnsüchtig German