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English
Etymology
From German Heimweh.
Noun
Heimweh (uncountable)
- (uncountable, rare) Homesickness.
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 397, column 1: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.
German
Etymology
Heim + Weh. Originally a medical term in Switzerland. Cognate to Alemannic German Häiwee, Bavarian Haimweh (Upper Austrian), Low German Heimweih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯mˌveː/
- Hyphenation: Heim‧weh
Noun
Heimweh n (strong, genitive Heimwehes or Heimwehs, no plural)
- homesickness
- Antonym: Fernweh
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “Heimweh” in Duden online
- “Heimweh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache