Sehnsucht
German, noun/ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/
Sehnsucht is spelled S-E-H-N-S-U-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sehnsucht is a German feminine noun meaning “yearning, longing; pining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Drang, der Wunsch nach etwas”.
What does Sehnsucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyearning, longing; pining
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Drang, der Wunsch nach etwas
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 Sehnsucht
- Sehnsüchte plural
- Sehnsüchten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sehnsucht?
- /ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/
- Germany [ˈzeːnˌzʊχt]
- /ˈseːnˌsʊxt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sehnsucht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sehnsucht in German?
Sehnsucht appears 13 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).