Feminine
Wehmut
Meaning
melancholia, nostalgia, wistfulness (yearning for the past, homesickness)
Concepts
nostalgic feeling
Synonyms
Tiefsinn
Miesepetrigkeit
schlechte Laune
Sehnsuchtnach Vergangenheit
Flauheit
Heimwehgefühl
Sehnsucht nach Vergangenheit
Translations
melancholie droefgeestigheid zwaarmoedigheid
mélancolie
melancolía
melancolia
melankoli
nostalgiaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈveːˌmuːt/
Etymology
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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