wehmütig
German, adjective/ˈveːmyːtɪç/
wehmütig is spelled W-E-H-M-Ü-T-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wehmütig is a German adjective meaning “wistful, nostalgic (experiencing a sad or bitter-sweet feeling at the memory of something from the past, or at the thought about the nature…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer von Wehmut geprägten Stimmung befindlich”.
What does wehmütig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wistful, nostalgic (experiencing a sad or bitter-sweet feeling at the memory of something from the past, or at the thought about the nature of life, often momentarily)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer von Wehmut geprägten Stimmung befindlich 2. zu Wehmut anregend
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 wehmütig
- wehmütiger masculine nominative singular
- am wehmütigsten superlative
- wehmütige feminine nominative singular
- wehmütiges neuter nominative singular
- wehmütigen genitive masculine singular
- wehmütigem dative masculine singular
- der wehmütige definite includes-article masculine
- die wehmütige definite feminine includes-article
- das wehmütige definite includes-article neuter
- die wehmütigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wehmütigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wehmütigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wehmütigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wehmütig?
- /ˈveːmyːtɪç/
- /ˈveːmyːtɪk/
- [ˈveːmyːtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wehmütig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wehmütig in German?
wehmütig 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).