- sehnsucht (zEn-'zUkt): (n) "the inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what"; a yearning for a far, familiar, non-earthly land one can identify as one's home.
- vorfreude ('for-froi-duh): (n) the joyful, intense antecipation that comes from imagining future pleasures.
- mutterseelenallein ('moot-er-"zE-len-'al-lIn): (adj) utterly alone, as of refugees torn from their homecountry; alone in the desert.
- Katzenjammer ('kaht-zen-"ya-mer): (n) a bad hangover or a general state of depression.
- fernweh (FEIRN-veyh): (n) an ache from distant places; the craving for travel.
- schadenfreude: (n) delight obtained from the troubles of others.
- weltschmerz: (n) lit. "world pain"; the depression you feel when the world as it is doesn't reflect what you think it should be.
- Weltanschaaung: (n) world view, personal philosophy; world sorrow, sadness at the world's woes.
- habseligkeiten: (n) things that an adult might find worthless, but that a child regards as treasures.
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