Weltschmerz
Welt·schmerz
світова скорбота, світовий біль
мировая скорбь
Weltschmerz
An apathetic or pessimistic view of lifeAn apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
UK/ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/US/ˈvɛltˌʃmɝts/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
Weltschmerz
мирова́я скорбьmirovája skorbʹ
світова́ скорбо́таsvitová skorbóta, світови́й більsvitovýj bilʹ
More definitions
- sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
Translations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness:
Русский
By meaning 1
apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness:
Origin
Borrowed from German Weltschmerz, from Welt (“world”) + Schmerz (“physical ache, pain; emoBorrowed from German Weltschmerz, from Welt (“world”) + Schmerz (“physical ache, pain; emotional pain, heartache, sorrow”). The German word was coined by the author Jean Paul (1763–1825) in his novel Selina (posthumously published in 1827).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- sadness on thinking about the evils of the world:world-weariness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable