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German
Etymology
Sehnsucht (“yearning, longing”, noun) + -ig (“-y, -ly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːnˌzʏçtɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌzʏçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: sehn‧süch‧tig
Adjective
sehnsüchtig (strong nominative masculine singular sehnsüchtiger, comparative sehnsüchtiger, superlative am sehnsüchtigsten)
- longing, wishful
Declension
Positive forms of sehnsüchtig
Comparative forms of sehnsüchtig
Superlative forms of sehnsüchtig
Adverb
sehnsüchtig
- longingly, wishfully
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