Nov 20, 2014
noun | das Fernweh (n)
“Fernweh” is one of my favorite German words and there is no English translation for it. It is basically the opposite of homesickness (Heimweh): when you feel like you have to leave your familiar surroundings to discover new places. It is the need for distance, the wish to experience something far away from home, the urge to escape from your everyday life by travelling.
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Yeah, if only we had an English word that meant wanderlust. Oh wait, we have wanderlust.
