Sehnsucht

• sehnsucht

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzeɪnˌzʊxt/

Sehnsucht (uncountable)

1. (literary) Tender, wistful, and/or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.

From sehnen (“to long”) +‎ Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/, [ˈzeːnˌzʊχt]
• Rhymes: -ʊχt

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1. yearning, longing; pining

   Synonyms: Nostalgie, Sehnen, Verlangen

   • 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.

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• “Sehnsucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sehnsucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sehnsucht” in Duden online
• “Sehnsucht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Sehnsucht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de