KEVINISMUS
The strange propensity to name children un-German, American-sounding names like Justin, Mandy, Dennis, Cindy, and Kevin.
KREISLAUFZUSAMMENBRUCH
Kreislaufzusammenbruch, or “circulatory collapse,” is something like “feeling woozy” or “I don’t think I can come into work today.”
HÖRSTURZ
Hörsturz refers to a sudden loss of hearing.
FRÜHJAHRSMÜDIGKEIT
Frühjahrsmüdigkeit or “early year tiredness” can be translated as “spring fatigue.”
FERNWEH
Fernweh is the opposite of homesickness. It is the longing for travel, or getting out there beyond the horizon, what you might call… awaysickness.
PUTZFIMMEL
Putzfimmel is an obsession with cleaning.
WERTHERSFIEBER
An old-fashioned type of miserable lovesickness that was named “Werther’s fever” for the hero of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther.
OSTALGIE
Ostalgie is nostalgia for the old way of life in East Germany (“ost” means East).
ZEITKRANKHEIT
Zeitkrankheit is “time sickness” or “illness of the times.” It’s a general term for whatever the damaging mindset or preoccupations of a certain era are.
WELTSCHMERZ
Weltschmerz or “world pain,” is a sadness brought on by a realization that the world cannot be the way you wish it would be.
ICHSCHMERZ
Ichschmerz is like Weltschmerz, but it is dissatisfaction with the self rather than the world.
LEBENSMÜDIGKEIT
Lebensmüdigkeit translates as despair or world-weariness, but it also more literally means “life tiredness.”
ZIVILISATIONSKRANKHEIT
Zivilisationskrankheit, or “civilization sickness” is a problem caused by living in the modern world. Stress, obesity, eating disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc.
TORSCHLUSSPANIK
Torschlusspanik or “gate closing panic” is the anxiety-inducing awareness that as time goes on, life’s opportunities just keep getting fewer and fewer and there’s no way to know which ones you should be taking before they close forever.
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