Text: Fernweh - translated from German to mean "far-woe" or an expression for when you are homesick for a place you've never been; a strong desire to travel to far away places.

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Text: Fernweh - translated from German to mean "far-woe" or an expression for when you are homesick for a place you've never been; a strong desire to travel to far away places.

Fernweh /ˈfɛʁnveː/ - translated from German to mean "far-woe" or an expression for when you are homesick for a place you've never been; a strong desire to travel to far away places.

 

Part of our #TalkForeignToMe series where we explore untranslatable words in foreign languages.

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