"Sehnsucht" meaning in All languages combined

See Sehnsucht on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/ [UK], /ˈzeɪnˌzʊxt/ [US] Forms: sehnsucht [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sehnsucht, from sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Sehnsucht}} German Sehnsucht Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Sehnsucht (uncountable)
  1. (literary) Tender, wistful, or melancholic desire; yearning, longing. Tags: literary, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Sehnsucht-en-noun-hlPx3~0Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions, Psychology

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/, [ˈzeːnˌzʊχt] [Germany], /ˈseːnˌsʊxt/, [-sʊχt] [Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland] Audio: De-Sehnsucht.ogg
Rhymes: -ʊχt Etymology: From sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|sehnen|Sucht|t1=to long|t2=anxiety; sickness; addiction}} sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^e}} Sehnsucht f (genitive Sehnsucht, plural Sehnsüchte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^e}} Forms: Sehnsucht [genitive], Sehnsüchte [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Sehnsucht [nominative, singular], Sehnsüchte [definite, nominative, plural], Sehnsucht [genitive, singular], Sehnsüchte [definite, genitive, plural], Sehnsucht [dative, singular], Sehnsüchten [dative, definite, plural], Sehnsucht [accusative, singular], Sehnsüchte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. yearning, longing; pining Tags: feminine Synonyms: Nostalgie, Sehnen, Verlangen Derived forms: sehnsüchtig, Sehnsuchtsort, sehnsuchtsvoll, Todessehnsucht, Vatersehnsucht Related terms: sehnen, sehnlich, Drang, Heimweh, Fernweh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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