vemod

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (singular definite vemodet, not used in plural form)

1. melancholy, sadness

Declension

Declension of vemod

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vemod	vemodet
genitive	vemods	vemodets

Derived terms

• vemodig
• vemodsfuld

References

• “vemod” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)

1. sadness

References

• “vemod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)

1. sadness

References

• “vemod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n

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