sehnsucht

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Sehnsucht^¹

/ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/ UK
/ˈzeɪnˌzʊxt/ US

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Borrowed from German Sehnsucht, from sehnen (“to long”) + Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).

noun sehnsucht

literary, uncountable Tender, wistful, or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.

sehnsucht^²

noun

uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Sehnsucht

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@misc{sehnsucht_2026,
  title = {sehnsucht},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sehnsucht},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}