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Sehnsucht
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- Etymology and language change
- ''Sehnsucht'' in mythology
- In psychology
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
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==Etymology and language change== A suffering reference of the word Sehnsucht in Middle High German usage is associated with "Siechtum" in the German dictionary as follows: Weakening the disease reference, the word later denoted the high "degree of a violent and often painful longing for something, especially when one has no hope of attaining what is desired, or when attainment is uncertain, still distant."