English-German translation for "yearning"

"yearning" German translation

yearning
noun | Substantiv s

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Sehnsucht, Verlangen Schmerz, Trauer
  • Schmerzmasculine | Maskulinum m
    yearning grief
    Trauerfeminine | Femininum f
    yearning grief
    yearning grief
yearning
adjective | Adjektiv adj

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sehnsüchtig, sehnend, verlangend, schmachtend
es ist die schmerzhaft-sentimentale Sehnsucht nach Zeiten, die es niemals gab.
It's the achingly sentimental yearning for times that never happened.
Source: TED
Aber was sie üblicherweise beschäftigte, umfasste eben auch das Verlangen zu wissen.
But what normally preoccupied them also involved yearning to know.
Source: TED
Eine Zeit für Unbilden, Missgeschicke, Sehnsüchte.
A time for inconveniences, mishaps, yearnings.
Source: TED
Niemand sehnt sich nach Krieg und deswegen sind Kompromisslösungen auch möglich.
No side has a yearning for war, which is why compromise solutions are possible.
Source: News-Commentary
Bestimmung: die Sehnsucht zu tun, was wir im Dienste von etwas Größerem als wir selbst tun.
Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves.
Source: TED
Er dachte, dass sie sich nach Ruhm sehnen.
He thought of them yearning for fame.
Source: Tatoeba
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