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The article for

Heimweh

das Heimweh

Heimweh is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural
English
homesickness
Level
B1
Topic
Feeling

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Why is it das Heimweh?

Heimweh is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Weh. So it’s das Heimweh.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Longing for home

[1] Sehnsucht nach der Heimat

Examples

Whenever little Francesco visited his grandparents in Uelzen, he suffered from homesickness

[1] Immer wenn der kleine Francesco seine Großeltern in Uelzen besuchte, litt er unter Heimweh.

[1] Whenever Susaska Saxony leaves, she instantly affects strong homesickness

[1] Wann immer Susaska Sachsen verlässt, befällt sie augenblicklich starkes Heimweh.
More source examples (4)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Anna Zakrzewska also confirms the homesickness of her family" "

[1] „Auch Anna Zakrzewska bestätigt das Heimweh ihrer Familie.“

[1] "Even while I wrote down it all, I felt that I got some homesickness"

[1] „Schon während ich das alles aufschrieb, spürte ich, dass ich etwas Heimweh bekam.“

[1] "I got goosebumps in front of the homesickness"

[1] „Da bekam ich eine Gänsehaut vor Heimweh.“

[1] "The Swiss are affected by an illness that is nest homesickness they want to go back, the Greeks called the" nostalgia "

[1] „Die Schweizer werden von einer Krankheit befallen, die man Heimweh nennt; sie wollen zurück, die Griechen nannten das ›Nostalgie‹.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Heimweh —
Genitiv des Heimwehs —
Dativ dem Heimweh —
Akkusativ das Heimweh —

Pronunciation

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