vemod

Swedish

noun

Definitions

pensive melancholy
tender sadness
(negative) calm feeling that something emotionally (positively) significant is over and never will be back

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German wēmōt com from Swedish ve (woe) + Swedish mod (mood, courage, bravery, heart).

Origin

Swedish

mod

Gloss

mood, courage, bravery, heart

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

心

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

muoti Finnish
Mut German
Weh German
Wehmut German
wehmütig German
vemod Norwegian Bokmål
mod Swedish
svårmod Swedish
ve Swedish
vemod Norwegian Nynorsk
móðr Old Norse
vemod Danish
weemoede Middle Dutch
wēmōt Middle Low German
ve Old Swedish