Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

    Heimweh, Nostalgie

    ностальги́яnostalʹgíja, тоска́toská, тоска́ по ро́динеtoská po ródine

    ностальгі́яnostalʹhíja, ту́га за до́момtúha za dómom

More definitions
  • a longing to return home

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Thirst is more serious than homesickness.

    deDurst ist schlimmer als Heimweh.

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  2. Ziri was suffering from extreme homesickness.

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  3. So this is what homesickness feels like.

    ruЭто то, что чувствует тоскующий по дому.

    deSo fühlt es sich also an, Heimweh zu haben.

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  4. Do you know what homesickness feels like?

    deWeißt du, wie sich Heimweh anfühlt?

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  5. How do you deal with homesickness while traveling?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
missing one's home or family:
Русский
By meaning 1
missing one's home or family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
missing one's home or family:

Origin

Calque of German Heimweh (“homesickness”, literally “home-woe”), equivalent to home + sick

Calque of German Heimweh (“homesickness”, literally “home-woe”), equivalent to home + sickness.

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Forms

plural: homesicknesses

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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