Polyglot Dictionary

Fernweh

/ˈfɛʁnveː/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. wanderlust, an ache to travel far away

    The mirror image of Heimweh (homesickness): literally "far-sickness," a longing for distant places rather than for home.

    • Nach dem Dokumentarfilm hatte ich richtig Fernweh.

      After the documentary I had real wanderlust.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fern far, distant
  • Weh pain, woe

Similar words

Heimweh

Exact opposites built from the same -weh pattern: Heimweh aches for home, Fernweh aches to leave it.

Practice

1 What does Fernweh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Nach dem Dokumentarfilm hatte ich richtig ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fernweh?

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