Nostalgie
German, noun[nɔstalˈɡiː]
Nostalgie is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E (9 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nostalgie is a German feminine noun meaning “nostalgia (yearning for the past)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit”.
What does Nostalgie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenostalgia (yearning for the past)
- 2
archaicfemininehomesickness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehnsuchtsvoll andächtige Rückwendung zur Vergangenheit 2. Heimweh
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Nostalgie
- Nostalgien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nostalgie?
- [nɔstalˈɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nostalgie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nostalgie in German?
Nostalgie appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).