Fernweh
Language: German · [ˈfɛʁnveː] · Pronunciation: FAIRN-vay
Pronunciation: Jeuwre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
an ache for far-off places you've never seen — wanderlust
The story
Fern is far and Weh is the ache in headache: a pull toward everywhere you aren't. The German prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, a compulsive traveller, is credited with putting it in print in the 1830s. English took a different German word for the same restlessness: wanderlust.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- German
- What's the opposite?
- Heimweh (homesickness)
- Where would you hear it?
- Scrolling flight deals at 1 a.m. in bed
- What does it mean?
- An ache for places you've never been
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