See also: Sehnen

German

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Etymology

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Unknown, compare Middle High German senen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzeːnən]
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Verb

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sehnen (weak, third-person singular present sehnt, past tense sehnte, past participle gesehnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to yearn, to long [with nach (+ dative) ‘for someone/something’]
    sich nach jemandem sehnento long for someone

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • sehnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sehnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sehnen” in Duden online
  • sehnen” in OpenThesaurus.de