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Heimweh

Heimweh noun: homesickness.

Noun

Heimweh (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Homesickness.
    • 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.1908 December 12, Harry Davids, Tom Springer, “Christmas Sorrows”, in Alfred Holman, editor, The Argonaut, volume LXIII, number 1655, San Francisco, Calif.: Argonaut Publishing Company, →OCLC, page...

Origin of Heimweh

Borrowed from German Heimweh.

Questions about Heimweh

What does Heimweh mean?
Heimweh means homesickness.
What part of speech is Heimweh?
Heimweh is a noun.

Words near Heimweh in the dictionary

  1. Heimlich manoeuvres
  2. Heimliched
  3. Heimliching
  4. Heimlichs
  5. Heims
  6. Heimweh
  7. Hein
  8. Heinbaugh
  9. Heinbaughs
  10. Heindel
  11. Heindels

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