Weltschmerz

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˌʃmɜːts/
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• General-American: /ˈvɛltˌʃmɝts/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old High German wëralt Middle High German wërlt German Welt Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-der. Proto-Germanic *smertaną Proto-West Germanic *smertan Old High German smerza Middle High German smerze German Schmerz German Weltschmerzbor. English Weltschmerz Borrowed from German Weltschmerz, from Welt (“world”) + Schmerz (“physical ache, pain; emotional pain, heartache, sorrow”). The German word was coined by the author Jean Paul (1763–1825) in his novel Selina (posthumously published in 1827).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: համաշխարհային վիշտ (hamašxarhayin višt) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Belarusian: сусве́тны сму́так (susvjétny smútak) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Bulgarian: ми́рова скръб (mírova skrǎb) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Chinese Mandarin: 厭世 /厌世 (yànshì) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Czech: světabol — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Dutch: weltschmerz — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Esperanto: mondopereo — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Finnish: maailmantuska — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• German: Weltschmerz — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Hebrew: צַעַר הָעוֹלָם (tsaár haolám) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Hungarian: világfájdalom — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Icelandic: heimshryggð — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Macedonian: велтшмерц (veltšmerc) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Polish: Weltschmerz — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Russian: мирова́я скорбь (mirovája skorbʹ) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Slovak: svetobôľ — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Spanish: weltschmerz — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Swedish: världssmärta — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Swedish: världströtthet — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Ukrainian: світова́ скорбо́та (svitová skorbóta) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness
• Ukrainian: світови́й біль (svitovýj bilʹ) — apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness