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Wehmut

melancholy

noun VAY-moot Less Common
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Also means

wistfulness

Usage Note

Wehmut is a gentle, bittersweet sadness tied to memory or parting, less bleak than Trauer. The adjective is wehmütig. It often pairs with mit as in mit Wehmut zurückdenken.

Examples

"Mit Wehmut dachte sie an ihre Kindheit zurück."

Natural Translation

She thought back on her childhood with wistful longing.

Literal Translation

With melancholy thought she at her childhood back.

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