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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun
vemod n (singular definite vemodet, not used in plural form)
- melancholy, sadness
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun
vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)
- sadness
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun
vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)
- sadness
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Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”). See also Old English wéamód (“angry, wrathful”).
Noun
vemod n
- melancholy, sadness (calm, often wistful sadness)
1984, Ted Ström (lyrics and music), “Vintersaga [Winter tale]”, in Mica, performed by Monica Törnell:I Malmö rispas dimman av färjornas sirener, och på andra sidan sundet börjar världen. En ensam Volvo sliter i motvinden på Tjörnbron. Bion i Pajala ger "Den sista färden". Lapplandspilen råmar som ett vilddjur genom natten. Gårdarna släcker sina ljus. Ett stormpiskat Marstrand ber sitt Pater Noster. Stockholm City svajar i sitt rus. Det är då som det stora vemodet rullar in. Och från havet blåser en isande, gråkall vind.- In Malmö, the fog is scratched by the sirens of the ferries, and on the other side of the strait, the world begins. A lone Volvo struggles in the headwind on the Tjörn bridge. The cinema in Pajala is showing Deliverance . The Lapland Arrow lows like a wild animal through the night. The country houses are turning off their lights. A storm-whipped Marstrand prays its Pater Noster. Stockholm City sways in its rush . That is when the great melancholy rolls in. And from the sea blows an icy, gray-cold wind.
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Declension of vemod
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Nominative
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vemod
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vemodet
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Genitive
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vemods
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vemodets
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