vemod

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (singular definite vemodet, not used in plural form)

  1. melancholy, sadness

Declension
Declension of vemod
neuter
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative vemod vemodet
genitive vemods vemodets

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)

  1. sadness

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)

  1. sadness

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) +‎ mod (“mood”).

Noun

vemod n

  1. pensive melancholy
  2. tender sadness
  3. (negative) calm feeling that something emotionally (positively) significant is over and never will be back
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