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Otti sitzt am Fenster und denkt voller Sehnsucht an den Wald seiner Kindheit. Otti sits by the window, thinking longingly of the forest of his childhood.

noun · B2

die Sehnsucht

[ˈzeːnˌzʊxt]

longing, yearning

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Grammar

Plural
die Sehnsüchte In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Sehnsucht die Sehnsüchte
Accusative wen? was? die Sehnsucht die Sehnsüchte
Dative wem? der Sehnsucht den Sehnsüchten
Genitive wessen? der Sehnsucht der Sehnsüchte

How the Word Is Built

Sehn root sucht root

A compound: Sehn + die Sucht

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

sehnensehnsüchtig

In Otti's situations: Otti feels at home in Berlin

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