sehnsüchtig

German

Etymology

Sehnsucht (“yearning, longing”, noun) +‎ -ig (“-y, -ly”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːnˌzʏçtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌzʏçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sehn‧süch‧tig

Adjective

sehnsüchtig (strong nominative masculine singular sehnsüchtiger, comparative sehnsüchtiger, superlative am sehnsüchtigsten)

  1. longing, wishful

Declension

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Adverb

sehnsüchtig

  1. longingly, wishfully

Further reading
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