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Frau Hilde betrachtet wehmütig das alte Foto von ihrer Schulklasse. Frau Hilde looks wistfully at the old photo of her school class.

adjective · C1

wehmütig

[ˈveːmyːtɪç]

wistful, nostalgic, melancholy

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Grammar

Comparative
wehmütiger Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am wehmütigsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

weh root müt root ig suffix

-ig
makes an adjective: der Durst → durstig (thirsty).

Word family

die Wehmut

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde writes her memoirs

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