Wehmut
German, noun/ˈveːˌmuːt/
Wehmut is spelled W-E-H-M-U-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wehmut is a German feminine noun meaning “melancholia, nostalgia, wistfulness (yearning for the past, homesickness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine nach innen gekehrte, traurige Grundstimmung”.
What does Wehmut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelancholia, nostalgia, wistfulness (yearning for the past, homesickness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine nach innen gekehrte, traurige Grundstimmung 2. der bedauernde Wunsch, die Sehnsucht nach einer schöneren Vergangenheit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Wehmut?
- /ˈveːˌmuːt/
- [ˈveːmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wehmut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wehmut in German?
Wehmut appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).