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Fernweh

FAIRN-vay[ˈfɛʁnveː]

Pronunciation: Jeuwre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

an ache for far-off places you've never seen — wanderlust

Closest in English: wanderlust, itchy-feet, travel-bug. None of them covers it.

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The story

Fern is far and Weh is the ache in headache: a pull toward everywhere you aren't. The German prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, a compulsive traveller, is credited with putting it in print in the 1830s. English took a different German word for the same restlessness: wanderlust.

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  1. Which language is it from?German
  2. What's the opposite?Heimweh (homesickness)
  3. Where would you hear it?Scrolling flight deals at 1 a.m. in bed
  4. What does it mean?An ache for places you've never been

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