Meanings
nounHeimweh (uncountable)
- rareuncountableHomesickness.
For the long trail stretched before us, for we heard the call, / Left the hearthstone and the homeland, felt the rover's thrall; / Wandered to the far horizon, sought the joy of life— / Now the wanderlust is waning, heimweh now is rife.
1908 December 12, Harry Davids, Tom Springer, “Christmas Sorrows”, in Alfred Holman, editor, The Argonaut, volume LXIII, number 1655, San Francisco, Calif.: Argonaut Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 397, column 1
Origin
- GermanHeimweh
- GermanHeimweh
- EnglishHeimweh
Borrowed from German Heimweh.
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APA
Heimweh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heimweh
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Chicago
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