Duits
Vrouwelijk

Wehmut

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(Engels)

melancholia, nostalgia, wistfulness (yearning for the past, homesickness)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈveːˌmuːt/
Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Duits
Duits
wehmütig
Verwant aan Middelhoogduits
demüete
Verwant aan Nederlands
Nederlands
weemoed
In summary

From Middle Low German wēmōt, perhaps a backformation from wēmōdich, whence German wehmütig. Analysable as Weh (“woe”) + Mut (“mood, emotional state”). The feminine under influence of the rhyming word Demut (“humbleness”, from Middle High German demüete) or other feminines ending with -mut (like Großmut, Schwermut). From Middle Low German also continental Scandinavian vemod. Dutch weemoed is native but semantically influenced by the German.

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