Heimweh

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Homesickness. rare, uncountable

    "For the long trail stretched before us, for we heard the call, / Left the hearthstone and the homeland, felt the rover's thrall; / Wandered to the far horizon, sought the joy of life— / Now the wanderlust is waning, heimweh now is rife."

Synonyms

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achinghankeringlanguishinglongingnostalgiapining

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"For the long trail stretched before us, for we heard the call, / Left the hearthstone and the homeland, felt the rover's thrall; / Wandered to the far horizon, sought the joy of life— / Now the wanderlust is waning, heimweh now is rife."

Etymology

From German Heimweh.

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