die Sehnsucht

A2 Noun frequency rank #3,353

What Sehnsucht means

Noun

yearning, longing; pining

Forms

die Sehnsucht · die Sehnsüchte

Plural: Sehnsüchte

Pronunciation

Sehnsucht in a sentence

Meine Seele verzehrt sich vor Sehnsucht nach deinen Bestimmungen allezeit.

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

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Sehnsucht is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #3,353 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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