Sehnsucht
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Sehnsucht, from sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sehnsucht (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sehnsucht f (genitive Sehnsucht, plural Sehnsüchte)
- yearning, longing; pining
- 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.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sehnsucht [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Sehnsucht | die | Sehnsüchte |
genitive | einer | der | Sehnsucht | der | Sehnsüchte |
dative | einer | der | Sehnsucht | den | Sehnsüchten |
accusative | eine | die | Sehnsucht | die | Sehnsüchte |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
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