weemoed
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋeːmut/
noun
Definitions
- (slightly) melancholy
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch weemoede (deep sadness) derived from German Wehmut derived from Middle Low German wēmōt compound from Dutch, Flemish wee (pain, longing, sadness, woe) + Dutch, Flemish moed (mood, courage, disposition, bravery, heart, valor).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
moed
Gloss
mood, courage, disposition, bravery, heart, valor
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mut German
- Weh German
- Wehmut German
- wehmütig German
- blijmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- burgermoed Dutch, Flemish
- dronkemansmoed Dutch, Flemish
- dronkenmansmoed Dutch, Flemish
- gemoed Dutch, Flemish
- heimwee Dutch, Flemish
- heldenmoed Dutch, Flemish
- kloekmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- lankmoed Dutch, Flemish
- lankmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- moed Dutch, Flemish
- moedeloos Dutch, Flemish
- moedig Dutch, Flemish
- moedwil Dutch, Flemish
- nawee Dutch, Flemish
- overmoed Dutch, Flemish
- rouwmoed Dutch, Flemish
- wankelmoed Dutch, Flemish
- wee Dutch, Flemish
- weeklagen Dutch, Flemish
- weemoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zachtmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- vemod Norwegian Bokmål
- *wai Proto-Germanic
- vemod Swedish
- vemod Norwegian Nynorsk
- vemod Danish
- moet Middle Dutch
- weemoede Middle Dutch
- moed Afrikaans
- wee Afrikaans
- weemoed Afrikaans
- wēmōt Middle Low German