Wehmut
German (Berlin)
/ˈveːˌmuːt/
noun
Definitions
- melancholia, nostalgia, wistfulness yearning for the past, homesickness
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German wēmōt com from German Weh (pain, ache, woe) + German Mut (mood, spirit, emotional state, heart, braveness, courage).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Mut
Gloss
mood, spirit, emotional state, heart, braveness, courage
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
心
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Edelmut German
- Fernweh German
- Freimut German
- Gemüt German
- Gleichmut German
- Heimweh German
- Hochmut German
- Kleinmut German
- Missmut German
- Mut German
- Mutwille German
- Sanftmut German
- Schwermut German
- Unmut German
- Wagemut German
- Wankelmut German
- Weh German
- Wehmutter German
- Zahnweh German
- mutig German
- mutlos German
- wehmütig German
- Übermut German
- moed Dutch, Flemish
- wee Dutch, Flemish
- weemoed Dutch, Flemish
- mod Norwegian Bokmål
- ve Norwegian Bokmål
- vemod Norwegian Bokmål
- mod Swedish
- ve Swedish
- vemod Swedish
- mod Norwegian Nynorsk
- ve Norwegian Nynorsk
- vemod Norwegian Nynorsk
- mod Danish
- ve Danish
- vemod Danish
- vemodig Danish
- weemoede Middle Dutch
- weemoed Afrikaans
- muot Middle High German
- we Middle High German
- wēmōdich Middle Low German
- wēmōt Middle Low German